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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.
5,482 approved · 675 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brook Garden, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 6 Jan 2025Templeton House, 2 Lawson Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NZ
Received 15 Aug 2024Mill Cottage, Mill Lane, Great Haseley, OX44 7JU
Received 18 Apr 20259 Friday Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AN
Received 21 Nov 2024St Leonards Cottage, 13 St Leonards Lane, Wallingford, OX10 0HA
Received 2 Sept 20253 Jemmetts Close, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7RA
Received 19 Sept 2025The Cottage, Church Lane, Dunsden, RG4 9QD
Received 19 Jun 202417 Wood Street, Wallingford, OX10 0AX
Received 18 May 2023Pithouse Cottages, Trench Green, RG4 7UB
Received 3 Jun 2024Old Malt House, 21 Watling Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JG
Received 9 Jan 202413A The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LW
Received 8 Mar 2024Par 72 Performance North Street Thame OX9 3TH
Received 6 Aug 2026Clump Bottom House, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RA
Received 31 Jul 2024Mulberry Cottage, Oxford Road, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EW
Received 11 Jul 2024The Old Yard, Henton, OX39 4AP
Received 25 Jun 202543A New Road, Shillingford, OX10 7ED
Received 21 Aug 2024St Nicholas House, 90 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BW
Received 28 Nov 2024Unit R04, The Orchard Centre, Didcot, OX11 7LL
Received 30 Aug 2023Lucys Farm Barns, Harpsden Road, Harpsden, RG9 4HN
Received 22 Aug 2025Breach House, Halfpenny Lane, near Moulsford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9JN
Received 19 Jun 20251 Races Farm, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DJ
Received 30 Oct 20242 Elm Villas, Binfield Heath, RG9 4LE
Received 15 Nov 20243 The Crescent, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QA
Received 5 Jan 20264 Ernest Road, Didcot, OX11 8QH
Received 25 May 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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