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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.
4,774 approved · 599 refused · 353 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Eastsons Plantation, Didcot
Received 4 Feb 2025Paddock Cottage, Aston Park Stud, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SR
Received 3 Sept 202531 Station Road Didcot OX11 7NE
Received 10 Aug 202664-65 Smarts, High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BX
Received 15 Sept 2025The Pavilion, Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9AH
Received 31 Jul 2025Red Lion Farm Britwell Salome OX49 5LG
Received 6 Jul 2026Unit 2 Benson Waterfront, Benson, OX10 6SJ
Received 7 Jan 2025Building B21, Culham Campus, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 8 Jan 2026Waitrose Ltd, Greyhound Lane, Thame, OX9 3ZD
Received 12 Mar 202511 Brendon Close, Didcot, OX11 7TT
Received 26 Apr 2024Land south-west of London Road near Tetsworth Oxfordshire OX9 7AZ
Received 6 Aug 202676 Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0HN
Received 9 Aug 202411 Old London Road, Benson, OX10 6RR
Received 5 Apr 2024The Waggon & Horses, Abingdon Road, Culham, OX14 3BW
Received 12 Sept 2024Keepers Cottage, Stoke Row Road, Kingwood, RG9 5NG
Received 13 Jan 2025H & C Pearce & Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS
Received 1 Nov 2023Russells Water Farm & The Lookout, Russells Water, RG9 6EU
Received 27 Nov 20243 Kestrel Place, Watlington, OX49 5BW
Received 22 Nov 202314 Limmings Lane Thame OX9 3PQ
Received 20 Aug 2026Mulberry Cottage, 44 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 26 Sept 202594 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DG
Received 14 Mar 2025S/O 22 Clevemede, Goring on Thames, RG8 9BU
Received 20 Dec 202315 Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
Received 8 May 2025Foxington Britwell Salome Watlington OX49 5LG
Received 21 Sept 2026Records 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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