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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.
5,384 approved · 668 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Croft, Pleck Lane, Kingston Blount, OX39 4RU
Received 18 Sept 2024Arvada, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NJ
Received 18 Dec 2023Upper Thames MTRC, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TY
Received 18 Nov 2025Mulberry House, Caps Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9HE
Received 4 Sept 2023Dreadnought Reach Marina, Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, near Caversham, RG4 9RA
Received 9 Aug 2023Phase 4A Willowbrook Park, Located to North West of Phase 3, North East Didcot
Received 15 Jan 202495 Wantage Road Didcot OX11 0AF
Received 30 Jun 2026Mulberry Cottage, Oxford Road, Clifton Hampden, Oxon, OX14 3EW
Received 3 Mar 2026Farmland near Morrells Bottom and Grim's Ditch off Nuffield Hill Oxon OX10 6QN
Received 14 Jul 2026Former Ariens Factory Site, Haseley Trading Estate, Great Haseley, OX44 7PF
Received 19 Dec 2025Vauxhall Barracks, B4493, Mendip Heights, Didcot, OX11 7UJ
Received 19 Jan 202482 Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 11 May 202373A Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BD
Received 2 Jun 2025The Laurels, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LW
Received 19 Dec 2023Winterbrook Nursing Home, 18 Winterbrook, Wallingford, OX10 9EF
Received 5 Jul 2023Townsend Farm Road Running Sw From Waterperry Towards Holton Waterperry Oxford OX33 1LG
Received 9 Jul 2026The Vicarage, Pyrton, Watlington, OX49 5AN
Received 3 Dec 2025Former Pumping Station, Chilton Road, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NT
Received 21 Feb 202511 Ambrose Rise, Wheatley, OX33 1YF
Received 3 Oct 20247 New Road, Binfield Heath, RG9 4EP
Received 1 Dec 202327-31 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 3 Sept 20251 Hillcrest, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NS
Received 6 Oct 2025Elmleigh, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RH
Received 25 Apr 202411 Cuxham Road, Watlington, OX49 5JW
Received 2 Oct 2025Records 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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