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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.
6,107 approved · 741 refused · 458 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middle Farm Church Lane Brightwell-cum-sotwell Wallingford OX10 0SD
Received 20 Apr 202694 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DG
Received 27 Mar 2025The Crofters Close, High Street, Little Milton, OX44 7PU
Received 1 Sept 202310 Walton Avenue, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1LA
Received 13 Nov 202328 Makins Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PP
Received 4 Mar 2026Coach House, Brightwell Park, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5NS
Received 29 Aug 2025Sewage Treatment Works Polecat End Lane Forest Hill Oxford OX33 1EH
Received 13 May 20264 Wheatfield, Chinnor, OX39 4DQ
Received 6 Nov 2024Capriol, Lower Road, Postcombe, OX9 7DU
Received 22 Mar 2023Village Farm, Emmington, OX39 4AA
Received 19 Dec 202347 Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3PG
Received 12 Nov 2025Land North Of A4130, Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, OX10 9EJ
Received 26 Jan 20245 Abingdon Road Didcot OX11 9BL
Received 14 May 202614B Bridge End, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JP
Received 28 May 202418a Shirburn Street, WATLINGTON, Oxon, OX49 5BT
Received 15 Sept 202529 Swanston Field, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7HP
Received 23 Feb 2024Garden Cottage Gillotts Lane Harpsden Henley-on-Thames RG9 4AY
Received 7 Sept 2026The Chequers, Abingdon Road, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 12 Feb 2025Land to the rear of 96 & 98 Norreys Road, Didcot
Received 25 Feb 20261 Beansheaf Terrace Wallingford OX10 0DQ
Received 3 Aug 2026Orchard Manor, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BP
Received 27 Jun 2023Nuneham Courtenay Sports and Playing Field, Church Lane, Nuneham Courtenay
Received 19 May 2025Bellevue House, 42 High Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5DD
Received 23 May 20242 Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DJ
Received 23 Apr 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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