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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.
5,622 approved · 689 refused · 422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
White House, Waterstock, OX33 1JT
Received 2 Oct 2025Land Rear of 3 Silver Birches, Stanton St John, OX33 1HH
Received 13 Jun 2025Orchard Cottage, Common Lane, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JZ
Received 27 Mar 20232 Kemble Mews Reading Road Shiplake Henley-on-thames RG9 3JN
Received 31 Jul 2026Land north of Oxford Road Thame
Received 13 May 202634 Astley Road, Thame, OX9 3WQ
Received 19 Aug 2024River House Mill Lane Shiplake Henley-on-thames RG9 3LY
Received 25 Jun 20261 Palmers Cottages, Goring Heath Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PP
Received 6 Oct 2023Widmore Park, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common
Received 28 Mar 20241 Enigma Estate, Cold Harbour Lane, Goring Heath, Oxon, RG8 7SZ
Received 19 Sept 2025Henley Bridge, Hart Street, White Hill, Henley-on-Thames
Received 25 Sept 202314 The Green South, Warborough, OX10 7DN
Received 16 Oct 202311 Cow Lane, Didcot, OX11 7SZ
Received 20 Mar 2026Poplar Cottage, Box Tree Lane, Postcombe, OX9 7DS
Received 9 Jul 2024Roundel House, Gashes Lane, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PY
Received 13 Mar 2025Toyes, Port Hill, near Nettlebed, RG9 5RL
Received 24 Jun 2025Land at 60-68 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8AE
Received 3 Aug 2023Abingdon Cricket Club, Hales Meadow, Culham Road, Abingdon, OX14 3HP
Received 29 Apr 2025The Old Armistice & The Hayloft, 31-33 Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2AR
Received 9 Oct 2024Binfield Heath Area, Binfield Heath
Received 16 Jul 2024Danes Place, New Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LG
Received 7 Jul 20253A Fairfax Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7RS
Received 21 Aug 2025The Royal Oak, 118 Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QR
Received 24 Feb 2025Office Land at Phoenix Park, Howland Road, Thame, OX9 3FB
Received 31 Jul 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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