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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
10,905 approved · 972 refused · 1,143 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 2016 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old School House, Wytham, Oxford, OX2 8QN
Received 26 Sept 20172 Dunstead Lane Wytham Oxford OX2 8QL
Received 2 Sept 2026Symonds Farm, High Street, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9UA
Received 5 Aug 202227 Ormond Road, Wantage, OX12 8DZ
Received 14 May 2018Mather House, White Road, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JG
Received 13 Nov 202338 Barrow Road, Shippon, Abingdon, OX13 6JF
Received 17 Feb 2022Clover Meadow (Phase 6T) Valley Park Didcot
Received 9 Sept 2026Fairview, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TN
Received 6 Mar 2023Dairy Farm, Duxford, FARINGDON, SN7 8SQ
Received 27 Nov 2017The Guildhall, Abbey Close, ABINGDON, OX14 3JD
Received 7 Aug 2017Rose Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QS
Received 6 Nov 202444 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5LY
Received 21 Dec 2022Botley Centre, West Way, Botley, Oxford, OX2 9LP
Received 18 Jan 2018South Elms, 35 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JA
Received 2 Feb 2021Land at Crab Hill (Phase 8a), Wantage
Received 24 Dec 2025Rose Cottage, High Street, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JY
Received 18 May 2021Christ Church, Northcourt Road, Abingdon, OX14 1PL
Received 29 Nov 202497 Abingdon Road, Drayton, ABINGDON, OX14 4HL
Received 13 Jul 20179 Main Street, Charney Bassett, Wantage, OX12 0EX
Received 26 May 2022The Woodyard, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JE
Received 12 Oct 2018Orchard House, Church Street, Sutton Courtenay, Oxon, OX14 4AD
Received 11 Sept 20181 Ramsons Way, Abingdon, OX14 3TH
Received 18 Mar 2021Vale House, High Street, Upton, Didcot, OX11 9JE
Received 9 Apr 2021Former Seven Acres Nursery Site, Faringdon Road, Stanford in the Vale
Received 15 Feb 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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