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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.
5,498 approved · 678 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land between A34 Milton Interchange & B4015, north of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Received 7 Oct 2025Didcot Methodist Church, Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8RQ
Received 30 Oct 20242 Quarry Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JW
Received 16 Oct 202443 Bowness Avenue, Didcot, OX11 8NF
Received 30 May 2025Coombe Park, Coombe Park Road, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7QT
Received 6 Jul 2023Ladygrove Farm Abingdon Road Didcot OX11 9BS
Received 22 Jun 2026All Souls Cottage, 5 Church Lane, Lewknor, OX49 5TP
Received 10 Oct 202345 Wallingford Road Goring Reading RG8 0HL
Received 21 Sept 202639 The Avenue, Chinnor, OX39 4PD
Received 2 Feb 2024Stable building to the south of The Orchard, The Ridings, Shotover Hill, OX3 8TB
Received 18 May 2023A4130, Milton Height, Didcot, OX14 4RX
Received 23 Dec 2025Crays Pond Garage, Goring Road, Goring Heath, RG8 7SH
Received 21 Mar 2024Summer Cottage, Cane End, RG4 9HG
Received 16 Aug 2024Frenchs, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 12 Feb 2025O/S 20 Wallingford Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 0AY
Received 20 Dec 202324 Britwell Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5JS
Received 21 Jul 202520 Honey Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NL
Received 9 Nov 2023Kelso, Norman Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SG
Received 19 Jun 20232 Main Road, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9LJ
Received 17 Oct 202332 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 17 Apr 2025Oakwood House, 16 Winterbrook, Wallingford, OX10 9EF
Received 24 Oct 2023Land adjoining Orchard Cottage, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7RW
Received 27 Feb 2026Cedar Wood House, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0LP
Received 24 Jul 202525A - D Manor Road, Didcot, OX11 7JZ
Received 21 Sept 2026Records 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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