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Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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
10,717 approved · 959 refused · 1,124 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Nov 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Road Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NE
Received 17 Apr 2024Northford Close, Shrivenham, SN6 8BX
Received 21 Jun 202383 Hurst Rise Road Oxford OX2 9HF
Received 8 Oct 2026Furzewick Barn, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8NG
Received 28 Aug 202527 Hazel Road, Oxford, OX2 9LE
Received 2 Sept 2022Princes Farm, Tucks Lane, Longworth, ABINGDON, OX13 5ET
Received 12 Apr 20171 Chilbrook, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0HE
Received 25 Apr 2024King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 8 Jun 2018Former Parklands School, Besselsleigh, Appleton, Oxford
Received 18 Mar 2024Moorhouse, Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 20 Dec 2023Land to the rear of 10 Halls Close, Drayton, Abingdon, OX14 4LU
Received 29 May 2018The Bungalow, Waggon Path, Southmoor, Abingdon, OX13 5BQ
Received 6 Nov 2025Priory Park, Road running north from Fernham to St Marys Priory, Fernham, Faringdon, SN7 7PP
Received 9 Oct 2017Pumney Farmhouse, 95 Lower Radley, ABINGDON, OX14 3BD
Received 24 Feb 2017Nightingale Cottage, Berry Lane, East Hanney, Wantage, OX12 0JB
Received 21 Dec 2018Former Airfield, Land to the west of Newlands Drive and north Denchworth Road, Grove
Received 13 Mar 2025Lowerfield Farm, Lower Bourton, Swindon, SN6 8HT
Received 28 Apr 20252 Pound Cottage, London Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9NY
Received 1 Aug 20189 Edward Road, Kennington, Oxfordshire, OX1 5LH
Received 17 Apr 2025Colt Corner, Horn Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8LD
Received 2 Nov 2022The Slaughter House, Bakers Yard, Ardington, Wantage, OX12 8PT
Received 13 Dec 202450 Thesiger Road, Abingdon, OX14 2DX
Received 7 May 2025Naylesbridge Cottage, Church Road, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PY
Received 14 Feb 2022Tanglin Cottage, Main Street, East Hanney, Oxon, OX12 0HX
Received 12 Jan 2021Records 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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