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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.
5,637 approved · 692 refused · 423 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Site adjacent to 14 Milldown Avenue, Goring, RG8 0AS
Received 15 May 2025Goring Veterinary Surgery 17C High Street Goring RG8 9AR
Received 10 Aug 2026Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH
Received 19 Jul 20231 Kings Orchard, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QY
Received 25 Mar 2024Slade End House, Slade End, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RD
Received 14 Aug 2023Burr House, Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BL
Received 24 Feb 2025Yew Tree House, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 2 Jul 20252 Sherwood Road, Didcot, OX11 0BU
Received 20 Jul 20231 Pond End Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9SA
Received 18 Jul 202518 Heron Shaw, Goring, RG8 0AU
Received 5 Jan 2024Building east of Hamilton, Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire
Received 24 Jun 2025Joe Daisy Studio, Access Road To New Farm, Mapledurham, RG4 7TL
Received 3 May 20242 Jubilee Gardens, THAME, Oxon, OX9 2BJ
Received 29 May 20258 McLaren Way, Didcot, OX11 9FT
Received 8 Oct 202429 Blandy Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QB
Received 18 Aug 2025Twittens, 23 Wharf Road, Shillingford, OX10 7EW
Received 28 Jun 20247 Old London Road, Benson, OX10 6RR
Received 3 Dec 2024Lower Town Farm House, High Street, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EQ
Received 26 Apr 2023The White House, Beckley Road, Stanton St. John, OX33 1AF
Received 13 Jun 2024Telecom mast adjacent to Unit 3, Moriton Avenue, Wallingford, OX10 9DE
Received 7 Jul 202321-22 Old Lodge House Green Lane Warborough Wallingford OX10 7DY
Received 5 May 2026Grigsbys Yard, Farm Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1EJ
Received 24 Nov 20239 Kiln Lane, Garsington, OX44 9AR
Received 6 Sept 20236 Duke Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UP
Received 20 Nov 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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