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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.
5,121 approved · 649 refused · 381 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Stable Yard to East of Chinnor Road, Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QY
Received 26 Jul 202417 Castle Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DW
Received 31 Aug 2023Dutch Barn at Manor Farm, Brookstones, Sydenham, OX49 4LZ
Received 18 Nov 202489 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BW
Received 9 Sept 2024Willowbrae Barn, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LJ
Received 14 Jan 2026Standard Green, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TB
Received 27 Aug 2024Aston Rowant C Of E Primary School, School Lane, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SU
Received 28 Feb 2025Heath Wood Clifton Hampden Abingdon OX14 3DF
Received 15 Apr 2026Elton Crescent, Wheatley, OX33 1UZ
Received 7 Jan 202627 Norreys Road, Didcot, OX11 0AT
Received 16 Sept 20251 Windsor Crescent, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LY
Received 15 Mar 2024Upthorpe Farm, Moreton Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EW
Received 28 Feb 2024Small Barn, Court House Farm, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
Received 20 Feb 2025Winterbrook House 27 Winterbrook Wallingford OX10 9DX
Received 15 Jul 202617 Vicarage Road Henley-on-thames RG9 1HN
Received 20 Apr 20264 Summerfield Rise, Goring, RG8 0DS
Received 18 Sept 20251-2 The Terrace, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HH
Received 15 Jan 202625 Spring Lane Watlington OX49 5QN
Received 16 Sept 2026Knightstone, Station Road, Goring, RG8 9HA
Received 24 Jun 202539 Old Union Way, Thame, OX9 2DF
Received 5 Sept 2024Grundon Waste Management Ltd Goulds Grove Ewelme Wallingford OX10 6PJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Land adjacent Crowell Road, Chinnor
Received 20 Mar 2025Corn Exchange Theatre Market Place Wallingford OX10 0EG
Received 22 Apr 202631 Greenwood Avenue Chinnor OX39 4HW
Received 20 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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