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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.
5,627 approved · 691 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Barn Bell Lane Thame OX9 3AL
Received 15 Apr 2026Land adjacent to 1 Arrowfield Cottages, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QB
Received 20 Jan 20255 Cherwell Close, Wallingford, OX10 0HF
Received 30 May 2025Devonshire House, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 3 Jul 2023167 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TE
Received 29 Mar 2023The Barn, Greys Green, RG9 4QH
Received 11 Mar 2026Thame Town Cricket Club, Church Meadow, Thame, OX9 3AJ
Received 7 Nov 20232 Newfield Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TB
Received 13 Oct 2023Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blount’s Court Road, Sonning Common RG4 9NH
Received 14 Sept 202633 Cuxham Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5JW
Received 22 Nov 2024The Park Sports Centre Holton OX33 1QZ
Received 13 May 2026New Barn Farm Quarry, Bosley Way, Cholsey, OX10 9RX
Received 9 Jun 202329 Teescroft, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7RP
Received 23 Aug 2023Parish Hall, Sunnyside, Benson, OX10 6LZ
Received 9 Aug 202310 Brook Street, Benson, OX10 6LQ
Received 18 Apr 2024Land at Vodafone Fairmile Hospital, Land north of Fairmile Hospital, Off Reading Road, near Cholsey, OX10 9HJ
Received 9 Oct 202539 Bowmont Water, Didcot, OX11 7GE
Received 9 Dec 2024The Lamb, Satwell, RG9 4QZ
Received 5 Jan 2026Land at Gatehampton Road and to the south-east of No.55, Goring-on-Thames
Received 11 Jul 2024Lower Berrick Farm, Stables, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JL
Received 5 Feb 2026Old Quarry Works, Portway, near Ipsden, OX10 6AF
Received 13 Jan 2026John Hampden Primary School, Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HU
Received 24 Mar 202668 Queensway, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8LU
Received 25 Apr 2025Barn Complex, The Stone House, New Close Farm Road, Henton, OX39 4AJ
Received 13 Mar 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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