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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.
5,678 approved · 695 refused · 426 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Bull Barn, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TN
Received 16 Mar 2026Middle Barn Littlestoke Manor Farm Littlestoke Wallingford OX10 6AZ
Received 25 Aug 202626a Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9SU
Received 8 Nov 2023Oxford Brookes University Waterperry Road Holton Oxford OX33 1HX
Received 7 Jul 2026Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 7 Nov 2024Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 29 Jul 20244 Church Lane, Lewknor, OX49 5TP
Received 15 Nov 2023Crendon Way, 16 Priest End, Thame, OX9 3AA
Received 28 Feb 20257 Croft Terrace, Wallingford, OX10 0DD
Received 5 Oct 2023Land between A34 Milton Interchange and B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 20 Feb 2026Roker, 60 St Andrews Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1JD
Received 8 Oct 2024Land at Ambrose Quarry, Old Henley Road, near Ewelme, OX10 6QA
Received 9 Dec 2025Kingsley House, Crowsley Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LU
Received 8 Jun 2023Office Land at Phoenix Park, Howland Road, Thame, OX9 3FB
Received 31 Jul 202448 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 9 Aug 202411 Weston Road, Lewknor, OX49 5TX
Received 2 Jun 2025St Johns House Church Lane South Moreton Didcot OX11 9AF
Received 20 Aug 2026Battle Farm, 84 Preston Crowmarsh, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 7 Mar 202516 Church Street, Didcot, OX11 8DQ
Received 15 Jan 2024Land at Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 17 Jun 202415 Chapel Street, Watlington, OX49 5QT
Received 11 Feb 2025Old Pastures, Tokers Green Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9AY
Received 25 Apr 2023Church View, Tokers Green Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9AY
Received 11 Jun 2024Littlebrook, 8 Fieldside, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LQ
Received 19 Mar 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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