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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.
4,782 approved · 600 refused · 354 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Emerton House, 64 High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AB
Received 11 Mar 2025Small Oaks Shaw Goring Heath Reading RG8 7FZ
Received 22 Apr 20263 The Green, Aston Rowant, OX49 5ST
Received 21 Aug 20231 Dene Close Playhatch RG4 9FB
Received 22 Jun 2026Three Chimneys Cottage, Jacksons Lane, near Caversham, RG4 7JY
Received 11 Feb 20255 Ash Close, Watlington, OX49 5LW
Received 10 Sept 2024Springfield, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 29 Aug 2023St James View (former Milton House), Gold Street, Little Milton, OX44 7FJ
Received 9 Jan 2026The Bullcroft, Wallingford, OX10 0BX
Received 4 Mar 2025Crossways, Woodlands Road, near Lower Shiplake, RG9 4AA
Received 3 Jun 2025Bark Beetles, Church Road, Beckley, OX3 9UT
Received 23 May 2024West View House, Rectory Lane, Bix, RG9 6BT
Received 11 Jun 2026Land adjacent to Cowley Substation, off Blackberry Lane, near Greater Leys, OX44 9NG
Received 24 Mar 2026F2 Menswear, 45 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA
Received 7 Jul 202514 Haydon Road, Didcot, OX11 7JD
Received 24 Jun 2024Gable Cottage, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JX
Received 11 Dec 202540 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 2 Apr 2024Maidensgrove Farm House, Maidensgrove, RG9 6HA
Received 23 Mar 2026Land to the rear of 87 and 89 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 23 Apr 2025Haseley Cottage, 8 Wood Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BE
Received 15 Nov 2023Rupert House School, 90 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN
Received 21 May 2024Willoughby House, 73 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 16 Jul 2024Haseley Court, Little Haseley, OX44 7LL
Received 16 Dec 2025Mount Pleasant, Dunsomer Hill, North Moreton, OX11 9AR
Received 13 Jan 2025Records 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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