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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
11,140 approved · 995 refused · 1,170 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Of St Mary, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8QR
Received 21 Feb 2024Bishops Cottage, Ginge, Wantage, OX12 8QR
Received 27 Jul 2017Land south of Thomson Avenue, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0RA
Received 12 Sept 201825 Chambrai Close Appleford Abingdon OX14 4NT
Received 3 Jun 2026Land at Grove Road, Grove, Wantage
Received 3 Oct 2024Land off Packhorse Lane, Packhorse Lane, Marcham, Abingdon, OX13 6NU
Received 20 Oct 2016Hatford Quarry, Fernham Road, Hatford, Faringdon, SN7 8JQ
Received 18 Mar 202118 Peregrine Way, Grove, Wantage, OX12 0QB
Received 30 Apr 20254 The Square, Abingdon, OX14 5AR
Received 3 Feb 2026Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Rutherford Avenue, Harwell, OX11 0DF
Received 10 May 2017The Old Farm House, Northcourt Lane, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1PN
Received 10 Aug 202229 Bridus Mead, Blewbury, Didcot, OX11 9PJ
Received 28 Jun 2023Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon, SN7 8BY
Received 22 Jun 202111 Challow Station Industrial Park, Challow Station, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8NP
Received 19 Dec 2016Yew Tree Cottage, West Hendred, Oxon, OX12 8RP
Received 11 Apr 2017Laburnum Cottage, 90 Church Lane, Dry Sandford, Abingdon, OX13 6JP
Received 12 Dec 2025Lakeside, All Saints Lane, Sutton Courtenay, ABINGDON, OX14 4AG
Received 21 Sept 2017Land to the Rear Of Plough Inn, Orchard Lane, East Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8JW
Received 24 Apr 2024Pusey Furze House, Buckland, Faringdon, SN7 8PY
Received 16 Feb 2023Colts Close Barn, Old Estate Yard, Buckland, Oxon, SN7 8QR
Received 26 Aug 2021Manor Barn, St Lawrence Road, South Hinksey, OX1 5AZ
Received 11 Oct 2018Maple House, 3 Andersey Close, Lockinge, Wantage, OX12 8SG
Received 18 Jun 2024King Alfred School, East Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 19 Feb 20213A Wasbrough Avenue, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BD
Received 11 May 2022Records 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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