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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.
5,116 approved · 648 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool, Culham Science Centre, near Culham, OX14 3DB
Received 9 Jun 2025Pennyford House, Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5JE
Received 16 Feb 2026Twelve Acres, Sandy Lane, Horspath, OX33 1TF
Received 5 Jul 2023Land at Woodway Farm, Chinnor Road, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SJ
Received 27 May 2025Culham No.1 Site, Station Road, near Culham, OX14 3DA
Received 3 Sept 2025Walled Garden House, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EP
Received 19 Jun 2024Crossways, Manor Road, Goring on Thames, Oxon, RG8 9DT
Received 21 Nov 2023Beaufort House, Spring Lane, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EJ
Received 14 May 2024Bix Underwood, Bix, RG9 6DD
Received 13 Nov 202322 Whittle Road, Thame, OX9 3PF
Received 31 Mar 2025Donnington Trust, Land adjacent to Sandford Link Road, Littlemore, OX4 4XR
Received 9 Dec 2025Orchard Cottage, Colmore Lane, Kingwood, RG9 5NA
Received 26 Jan 2024West Coast Haulage, Land off Rycote Lane, near Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2BY
Received 12 Jan 20263 Pauls Way, Watlington, OX49 5QX
Received 8 Mar 2024Coopers Farmhouse Britwell Salome OX49 5JZ
Received 19 Jun 2026Tree Haven Sotwell Street Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RH
Received 21 Aug 2026Oldfield House, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BX
Received 7 Oct 2024Land adjacent to 8 Berrick Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7RQ
Received 7 Jul 2025Longside, 74 Ladder Hill, Wheatley, OX33 1HY
Received 1 Jul 2024Land at Crowell Road, Chinnor
Received 23 Oct 2024The Log Cabin, Kiln House, Kiln Lane, near Binfield Heath, RG9 4ES
Received 8 Sept 2023Playhatch Farm Field, Playhatch, RG4 9QT
Received 28 Jul 202516 Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HP
Received 23 Jul 20241 Whitchurch House, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7EP
Received 24 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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