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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.
5,542 approved · 681 refused · 414 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Watlington Service Station, 13 Couching Street, Watlington, OX49 5QF
Received 23 May 20254 Lacemakers, Chinnor, OX39 4TR
Received 23 Aug 20232 Blenheim Close, Didcot, OX11 7JJ
Received 14 Nov 2025Land at Ladygrove East, Hadden Hill, Didcot, OX11 9BZ
Received 9 Feb 202621 Foxhall Road, Didcot, OX11 7AQ
Received 21 Jan 2025Sequoia, Gillotts Lane, Harpsden, RG9 4AY
Received 17 Dec 202517 Gainsborough Hill Henley-on-Thames RG9 1ST
Received 4 Aug 2026The Granary, Manor Farm, Culham, OX14 4NP
Received 18 Oct 202364 High Street, Chalgrove, OX44 7SS
Received 7 Mar 202416 Fairfax Gate, Holton, OX33 1QE
Received 19 May 202330 Butts Road, Horspath, Oxford, OX33 1RJ
Received 17 Dec 2025The Den, Mill Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LY
Received 16 Oct 2023Home Farm House, Oxford Road, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EW
Received 18 Jul 2024Chiltern Ridge Farm, Park Corner, RG9 6DX
Received 22 Jan 2025111 Brook Street Benson Wallingford OX10 6LJ
Received 27 May 2026Stockwells Cottage Thorpe Street Aston Upthorpe OX11 9EG
Received 26 Jun 2026Land to the north east of Didcot, Didcot
Received 14 Apr 2023177 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DH
Received 24 Jun 2025Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 22 Oct 2024Kays Barn & Pond House, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 8 Dec 20259 Egerton Road, Wallingford, OX10 0HL
Received 20 Nov 2024The Coach House, Duchess Close, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7EN
Received 23 Oct 202373A Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BD
Received 13 Oct 2025Courtyard Cottage, 3 Trevernene Courtyard, High Street, Chinnor, OX39 4FD
Received 15 Aug 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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