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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.
6,066 approved · 739 refused · 456 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5-7 Prospect Place, WATLINGTON, Oxon, OX49 5AJ
Received 18 Mar 202426 Greys Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SJ
Received 26 Jul 2023Home Farm House, Holton, OX33 1QA
Received 18 Apr 2023The Old Vicarage, Stable Flat, Church Hill, Little Milton, OX44 7QB
Received 4 Nov 2025The Four Horseshoes, Checkendon, RG8 0QS
Received 19 Oct 2024Highlands House, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PH
Received 26 Sept 2023Farriers Cottage, Church Road, Great Milton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7PB
Received 20 Mar 2026The Old Stables, Stoke Talmage, OX9 7EZ
Received 30 Sept 2024Grundon Waste Management Ltd, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, OX10 6PJ
Received 4 Mar 2026Lavender Cottage, Greenfield, OX49 5HF
Received 8 Nov 2023Great Western Park, Sir Frank Williams Avenue, Didcot, OX11 6AB
Received 6 Mar 2025Bridge End House, 2 High Street, Dorchester on Thames, Oxon, OX10 7JT
Received 5 Feb 2024143 Broadway, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8SB
Received 2 Jan 2024Dairy Cottage Aston Street Aston Tirrold Didcot OX11 9DJ
Received 11 Aug 20267 Faringdon Court, Wallingford, OX10 9FF
Received 12 Aug 202510 Jackies Lane, Wheatley, OX33 1UN
Received 13 May 2024Thame Fields (Reserve Site C), Thame
Received 3 Feb 20253 Monks Mead, Brightwell Cum Sotwell, OX10 0RL
Received 18 Apr 2024The Woodman, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 17 Apr 2024Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 2 Dec 2024The Firs, 1 Bear Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7UR
Received 28 Jul 2025The Malt House, Church Lane, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SS
Received 18 Oct 2024Folly Farm, Common Road, Beckley, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UR
Received 21 Jul 2025131 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LP
Received 9 Oct 2024Records 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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