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Planning application documents: what to read first
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England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Vale of White Horse District Council. Also known as VOWH.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Vale of White Horse website
10,438 approved · 944 refused · 1,093 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jan 2017 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Stonehaven, 15A Coxwell Road, FARINGDON, SN7 7EB
Received 24 May 2017Adj 190 Didcot Quarter, Sutton Courtenay Road, Sutton Courtenay, OX14 4TE
Received 5 Jan 2026Land north of Grove Road, Harwell
Received 16 Nov 2018Bourton Club, Bishopstone Road, Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HZ
Received 28 Feb 2025Land at Kings Lane, Longcot, SN7 7SZ
Received 7 Nov 201717 Conifer Close, Oxford, OX2 9HP
Received 7 Apr 2025Abingdon School, Park Lodge, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE
Received 30 Jun 2025Blewbury Mill, Blewbury Road, East Hagbourne/Blewbury, OX11 9EB
Received 9 Mar 201827 London Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 7AG
Received 3 Feb 2022Rivendell, Hatford, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8JF
Received 11 Jun 20242 The Square, Abingdon, OX14 5AS
Received 16 Jan 202475 Howard Cornish Road, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6PU
Received 14 Feb 202325 Market Place, Faringdon, SN7 7HU
Received 9 Jun 20226 Lysander Crescent, Watchfield, SWINDON, SN6 8DF
Received 13 Jul 20172 Westfield Way, Wantage, OX12 7EW
Received 20 May 2022Emmanuel, 7 Drayton Mill, Milton Road, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4FD
Received 15 Aug 20232B Furlongs, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4GE
Received 17 Dec 202416 Owlington Close, Oxford, OX2 9DP
Received 16 Mar 2021The Old Farm House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Abingdon, OX13 5QL
Received 3 Aug 202333 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, OX1 5LY
Received 30 Mar 2023Red Copse, Foxcombe Road, Boars Hill, OXFORD, OX1 5DG
Received 19 Apr 2017Land South of the A415, Marcham
Received 16 Aug 20241 Oriel Cottages, Park Road, Faringdon, SN7 7PL
Received 8 Nov 2023o/s 18 Chapel Way, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UU
Received 2 Oct 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Vale of White Horse District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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