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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.
5,737 approved · 703 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at The Orchard, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PT
Received 27 Nov 20232 Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford, OX10 0PE
Received 23 Apr 20255 Lilacs Place, WATLINGTON, Oxon, OX49 5BF
Received 31 Oct 2025South Barn, Lower Farm Lane, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4UT
Received 14 Mar 2023Haycroft, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 3 Mar 20256 Fairmile, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JZ
Received 3 Sept 2025Land known as Field Adjacent to Burial Ground Driveway, Off B4526 Reading Road, Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire, RG8 0LL
Received 8 Nov 2023The Henley College, Deanfield Avenue, Henley-on-thames, RG9 1UH
Received 9 Apr 2026Honeysuckle Cottage, Beech Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PY
Received 22 May 2025Brightwell Manor, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 2 Nov 2023Thames Water Sewage Works, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7XY
Received 22 Jan 20261 Arrowfield Cottages Rotherfield Greys RG9 4QB
Received 9 Apr 20267/8 Kiln Lane, Garsington, OX44 9AR
Received 29 Mar 2023Stepping Stones, Road Running Through Stoke Row, Stoke Row, RG9 5QL
Received 10 Oct 2025Blenheim Farm, Benson, OX10 6PR
Received 8 Mar 2023The Lodge, Burcot, Oxon, OX14 3DJ
Received 13 Dec 202443 Bowness Avenue, Didcot, OX11 8NF
Received 20 Jan 202580 West Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EA
Received 20 Nov 202415 Little Haseley, Little Haseley, OX44 7LH
Received 3 Oct 20245 Cuddesdon Close, Woodcote, RG8 0SH
Received 27 Sept 2023Halfacre Church Lane Rotherfield Peppard Henley-on-thames RG9 5JL
Received 21 Sept 2026The Old Yard Henton Chinnor OX39 4AP
Received 11 May 20264 Spring Terrace, Gravel Road, Binfield Heath, RG9 4LU
Received 18 Sept 2025Grooms Cottage, Townsend Farm, Waterperry, Oxford, OX33 1LG
Received 5 Feb 2026Records 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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