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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
11,140 approved · 995 refused · 1,170 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Almshouses, High Street, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0ET
Received 26 Feb 2024Field Gardens, Steventon, Abingdon, Oxon
Received 26 Mar 2019All Saints' Church, Church Street, Faringdon, Oxon, SN7 8AD
Received 22 Jun 2023Rowan Lodge, Fernham Road, Uffington, Faringdon, SN7 7RD
Received 4 Jan 2021Field opp White Hill Farm, Besselsleigh
Received 6 Mar 2024174a Milton Park, Milton, OX14 4SD
Received 14 Nov 2017Foundry House, Marlborough Street, Faringdon, SN7 7JP
Received 6 Jul 2021Land at Lincombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford
Received 9 Apr 2024Hanson Aggregates, Appleford Road, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4PW
Received 1 Jun 2021The Rowans, Manor Road, Wantage, OX12 8DW
Received 22 Dec 2025King Alfred School East, Springfield Road, Wantage, OX12 8ET
Received 4 Jul 2018Rockley Farm House 16 Appleton Road Cumnor Oxford OX2 9QH
Received 10 Apr 2026Arnhem Cottage, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8QW
Received 23 Sept 202529 Mons Way, Abingdon, OX14 1NJ
Received 6 Jun 2023Wood Croft, Foxcombe Lane, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DH
Received 23 May 202175 Grove Street, Wantage, OX12 7AG
Received 23 Feb 2021Church Cottage, Broad Street, Uffington, Oxon, SN7 7RA
Received 24 Jul 2018Blenheim House, Blenheim Hill, Harwell, Didcot, OX11 0DS
Received 16 Sept 2022The Studio House, Thames Street, Abingdon, OX14 3HZ
Received 29 Jun 2022Lady Place Estate, Lady Place, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon, OX14 4FB
Received 17 Sept 20217 Hids Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, OXFORD, OX2 9JJ
Received 12 Oct 2016Manor Farm, Silver Lane, West Challow, Wantage, OX12 9TX
Received 2 Sept 20241, 3, 14, 15 16 Days Ground, 1, 7, 12, 18 Common Close, Shrivenham, SN6 8ET
Received 2 Feb 2024The Old Farmyard, Little Coxwell, Faringdon, SN7 7LG
Received 20 Oct 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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