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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.
6,073 approved · 739 refused · 456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Frenchs, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 5 Jan 2026Hill View House, High Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SJ
Received 15 Aug 20239 Ash Hurst Goring Reading RG8 0DQ
Received 27 Aug 202622 Saxons Way, Didcot, OX11 9RA
Received 1 Jun 2023Walnut House, 12 Lambridge Wood Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 3BS
Received 8 Oct 202522 Clevemede, Goring, RG8 9BU
Received 30 Jan 2026Gatehampton Farm, Nursery Farm, Gatehampton Road, Goring, RG8 9LU
Received 6 Mar 20231 Church Meadow, Watlington, OX49 5AG
Received 16 Jul 2024Lys Mill Farm Buildings Howe Road near Watlington OX49 5EP
Received 8 Jul 2026Former Theatre Hardwick Estate Whitchurch-on-Thames RG8 7RD
Received 11 Jun 2026The Berin Centre, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7LZ
Received 10 Mar 2023Autologic House, London Road, Wheatley, OX33 1JH
Received 5 Mar 20258 Cross Road, Cholsey, OX10 9PE
Received 11 Dec 2025Black Horse Cottage, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 15 May 2025Oxford Brookes University, Waterperry Road, Holton, OX33 1HX
Received 29 Nov 20249 Boughton House, Green Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LR
Received 22 Jan 202446 Butts Road, Horspath, OX33 1RJ
Received 15 Aug 20232B Springhill Road, Goring, RG8 0DB
Received 3 Oct 2023Land to the North East of Didcot, Mersey Way, Didcot, OX11 7SB
Received 9 Oct 20231 Orchard Close, St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HR
Received 11 Apr 2023Glendale, Platt Lane, Northend, RG9 6LQ
Received 16 Oct 2023The Vicarage, Pyrton, OX49 5AN
Received 5 Jun 2024The Manor House, Weston Road, Lewknor, OX49 5RU
Received 10 Sept 2025Unit 3, Orchard Centre, Didcot, OX11 7L
Received 2 Aug 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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