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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.
4,626 approved · 574 refused · 344 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Cottage The Copse Mill Lane Kidmore End Reading RG4 9HA
Received 9 Jun 2026High Lodge Farm, Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3B
Received 6 Feb 2026Land north of A4130 Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 13 Feb 2026Par72 Performance North Street Thame OX9 3BH
Received 31 Jul 202627 Chiltern Close, Berinsfield, OX10 7PZ
Received 19 Dec 202482 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XP
Received 28 May 2025Land north of Oxford Road Thame
Received 13 May 20262 Simmons Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 2ER
Received 21 Jan 2025White House Garage, High Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5DB
Received 28 Aug 202442 Wantage Road, Didcot, OX11 0BT
Received 5 Jan 2026Orchard House, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EF
Received 4 Mar 20265 Wychwood Close, Sonning Common, RG4 9SN
Received 30 Apr 2025Evans Paddock Nettlebed Henley-on-Thames RG9 6DP
Received 6 Jul 20262 Holmwood Farmhouse, Shiplake Row, Binfield Heath, RG9 4DP
Received 25 Jun 202446 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XX
Received 13 Feb 2025River House, Mill Lane, Shiplake, RG9 3LY
Received 22 Jan 2026Waterstone House, Burcot, OX14 3DN
Received 28 Sept 2023289 Reading Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1EL
Received 30 Jun 2026Ivy Farm, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0ND
Received 20 Dec 2024Stonehouse Farm, Access track to Stonehouse Farm, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 26 Feb 2026The Cricketers Arms, 38 Littleworth, Littleworth, OX33 1TR
Received 13 May 2025Hazelwood, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JQ
Received 21 Mar 2026Crowsley Grange, Crowsley, RG9 4JP
Received 14 Nov 2025Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, near Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 18 Jun 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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