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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.
5,050 approved · 641 refused · 377 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Larch Cottage, Hill Bottom, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PT
Received 23 Jun 2025OS 2 Wills Road, Didcot, OX11 7DH
Received 12 Sept 2025Summer Cottage, Cane End, RG4 9HG
Received 15 Apr 2024The Cobbs, Upperton, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5NY
Received 9 Jul 2025Adam House, 71 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 2BD
Received 20 Jan 2025Hobbs Thames & Kennet Marina, Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, near Caversham, RG4 9RA
Received 28 Aug 2024Springfield House, Shepherds Green, Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4QR
Received 23 Mar 2026Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Watlington Cuxham Road Watlington
Received 30 Apr 202619 Breame Oak Drive, Wheatley, OX33 1FF
Received 18 Sept 20241 Upper Park, Woodperry Road, Beckley, OX3 9UZ
Received 15 Aug 2023Anchor Gate, The Green, Stadhampton, OX44 7UW
Received 10 Jun 2025Larch Cottage Hill Bottom Whitchurch Hill Reading RG8 7PT
Received 19 May 2026Cornerways, Rokeby Drive, Tokers Green, RG4 9EN
Received 19 Sept 2025Earthtrust Road Between Hill Farm And Sires Hill Little Wittenham Abingdon OX14 4QZ
Received 17 Aug 2026Cornerways, Baldon Row, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NE
Received 4 Feb 20256 Wessex Road, Didcot, OX11 8BT
Received 3 Jul 2023Baskerville Arms, Station Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NY
Received 26 Nov 20242 Flowercrofts near Henley-on-Thames RG9 4BF
Received 21 Apr 2026Building north of Easington Manor Easington OX49 5AZ
Received 9 Jun 2026Land to the east of Manor Road to the south of Little Croft, Manor Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 9EJ
Received 24 Nov 202532 Old Norse Way, Watlington, OX49 5DZ
Received 6 Jun 2024Hadden Hill Retail Park, Didcot, OX11 9DA
Received 10 Mar 2026Benson Vicarage, Church Road, Benson, OX10 6SF
Received 15 Jan 20243 Little Langlands East Hagbourne Didcot OX11 9TA
Received 6 May 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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