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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.
5,363 approved · 663 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Leafield House, Holton, OX33 1PZ
Received 18 Jan 2024Emerton House, 64 High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AB
Received 11 Mar 2025Waterperry House, Waterperry, Oxford, OX33 1JY
Received 18 Mar 2025Thatched Cottage Chazey Heath Mapledurham Reading RG4 7UF
Received 27 May 2026Hagbourne Hill Farm, Lays Barn, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NS
Received 19 May 202339 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LP
Received 22 Jul 20245 Manor Farm, Culham, Oxon, OX14 4NP
Received 11 Sept 2023Cawcott, Reades Lane, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9DP
Received 11 Aug 20252 Mitchell Close, Thame, OX9 2ET
Received 19 Sept 20252 Ash Hurst Goring Reading RG8 0DQ
Received 12 Jul 2026Wunthro, Behoes Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PS
Received 11 Jul 202383 Corbetts Way, Thame, OX9 2FN
Received 24 Oct 2024Home Farm, Shotover Estate, Wheatley, OX33 1QP
Received 23 May 2023Land north of Oxford Road, Thame
Received 17 Jul 2025108c Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LU
Received 21 Jan 2025Land at Ladygrove East, Hadden Hill, Didcot, OX11 9BZ
Received 4 Feb 2026Lord Williams Upper School, Oxford Road, Thame, OX9 2AQ
Received 22 Jan 20261 Abrahams Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2ET
Received 25 Apr 2025Southern Road Recreation Ground, Southern Road, Thame
Received 10 Jun 2025Various Sites
Received 15 Apr 2024Harewood House, Checkendon, RG8 0SU
Received 6 Mar 2025Part of Upper High Street Car Park, Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 2BL
Received 17 Mar 2026Former Site Of Georgetown Filling Station, Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8SD
Received 14 Feb 2025Chiltern Edge Secondary School, Reades Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9LN
Received 10 Dec 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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