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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.
5,742 approved · 705 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hill Bottom House, Hill Bottom, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PU
Received 25 Apr 2023Tithe Barn, Days Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6ES
Received 9 Mar 2023St John the Baptist Church, Tokers Green Lane, RG4 9BH
Received 22 Mar 2024Fields to the northern and eastern outskirts of Watlington
Received 20 Nov 20243 Post Office Cottages, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DS
Received 23 Jan 2026Bishops Court Farm, Dorchester on Thames, Oxon, OX10 7HP
Received 23 Feb 2024Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 18 Dec 2023Avebury, Milldown Avenue, Goring, RG8 0AS
Received 27 Feb 2026Multiple, Stanton St John
Received 12 Dec 2025Boundary House, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PB
Received 14 Sept 2023Highway Cottage, Gallowstree Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5JB
Received 30 Jul 2024Kimberley 1 St Helens Crescent Benson Wallingford OX10 6RX
Received 17 Jul 2026Chough Cottage, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QW
Received 28 Oct 2025Middle Haven, Fieldside, Long Wittenham, Oxon, OX14 4RG
Received 12 Aug 2025Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 8 May 2024The Old Timberyard, Road Running Through Waterstock, Waterstock, OX33 1JT
Received 9 May 2023Cullum House, Ambrose Rise, Wheatley, OX33 1XE
Received 29 Oct 2024Huntswood House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 10 Jul 202352 Blacklands Road, Benson, OX10 6NW
Received 28 Feb 2025The Beeches, 1 Long Meadow, Goring, RG8 9EG
Received 8 Jan 2024Lime Croft, Limetree Road, Goring, RG8 9EY
Received 8 Jan 202522 Meadow Way, Didcot, OX11 0AY
Received 7 Nov 2025Land adjacent to 7 Emmington, Emmington, OX39 4AA
Received 30 Sept 20253 Spring Lane, Horspath, OX33 1SA
Received 18 Feb 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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