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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.
5,034 approved · 636 refused · 375 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barley Mow, Long Wittenham, Abingdon, OX14 3EH
Received 16 Mar 2026Robinsgrove Cottage, Satwell Close, Satwell, RG9 4QT
Received 4 Nov 2024Altura Brook Street Kingston Blount Chinnor OX39 4RZ
Received 11 Sept 202615 Dorchester Place, Thame, OX9 2DL
Received 2 Jun 2025Court Leys, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NF
Received 6 Nov 202314 Barnes Road, Didcot, OX11 8JL
Received 17 Aug 2023Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire
Received 1 Nov 202414 Kidmore Lane Sonning Common Reading RG4 9SH
Received 3 Jul 2026Burn House, Brookstones, Sydenham, OX39 4LY
Received 24 Nov 202563 St Georges Road, Wallingford, OX10 8JG
Received 5 Mar 2026Huntswood House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 5 Nov 2024Elm Trees, Brook Lane, Thame, OX9 2EG
Received 17 Feb 202628 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 19 Mar 20266 Duke Street, Henley-on-Thames
Received 22 Nov 2024Units 1 - 4, Van Alloys Industrial Estate, Busgrove Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QW
Received 14 Oct 2025The Office, 41 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AT
Received 27 Aug 2024Land between Coopers Pightle & Butlers Orchard, Kidmore End, RG4 9AZ
Received 1 Dec 2025Belmont Cottage, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 3 Jul 2025Lower Acres, Sandy Lane, Horspath, OX33 1TF
Received 26 Jul 2023Land adjacent to Church Cottages, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7DL
Received 28 Oct 2025Fir Tree Cottage, Harpsden Road, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JT
Received 11 Mar 2024Land adjacent to The Brook Surgery, High Street, Chalgrove, OX44 7AF
Received 15 Sept 2025Rumbolds Farm, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5PN
Received 28 Oct 2025Wyevale Country Gardens, Reading Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 5 Dec 2023Records 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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