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Planning application documents: what to read first
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Oxfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,370 approved · 537 refused · 329 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Thatchings, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 20 Oct 2025Lower Farm House, Lower Farm Lane, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4YR
Received 30 Jan 2024Bears Lair, Watlington Park, near Watlington, OX49 5HH
Received 20 May 2024Land to the north and west of Pangbourne Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 24 Jul 20246 Hocketts Close, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PZ
Received 16 Jun 202523 Washford Glen, Didcot, OX11 7PU
Received 26 Mar 202511 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BP
Received 10 Jan 202411 Weston Road, Lewknor, Watlington, OX49 5TX
Received 5 May 2026The Manse, 44 Reading Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1AG
Received 29 Jul 2025The Club at Mapledurham, Chazey Heath, RG4 7UD
Received 24 Mar 202618 Portcullis Drive, Wallingford, OX10 9LY
Received 3 Jun 20253 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 3YS
Received 3 May 2024The Village Hall Oxford Road Horspath Oxford OX33 1RT
Received 29 Jun 2026Land west of Hale Road, Benson, Oxon
Received 19 Sept 202437 Glebe Road, Didcot, OX11 8PL
Received 28 Mar 2025Columbarium, Fairmile Cemetery, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6AA
Received 29 Nov 2024Three Horseshoes, 16 The Green, Garsington, OX44 9DF
Received 6 Mar 202453 High Street, Thame, OX9 2AD
Received 7 Nov 20238 River View, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4YF
Received 11 Aug 2025Stonehouse Farmhouse, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 25 Nov 2025Bloomsbury Lodge, Little Croft Road, Goring, RG8 9ER
Received 17 Mar 2025Arrow House, 76 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NQ
Received 15 May 202472 Abbott Road, Didcot, OX11 8HY
Received 15 Jan 2024Thame Fire Station, Nelson Street, Thame, OX9 2DP
Received 8 Oct 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Oxfordshire 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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