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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.
5,763 approved · 708 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Rear of 16 & 18 Stonor Green, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5PT
Received 17 Jul 2023Land to the north east of Didcot
Received 25 Jul 202369 West Chiltern, Woodcote, RG8 0SG
Received 21 Aug 2023Little Court, Badgemore Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JH
Received 22 Sept 2025Marsh Baldon Village Green
Received 12 Aug 2026Old Malt House, 21 Watling Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JG
Received 22 Sept 2023Land adjacent to Cowley Substation off Blackberry Lane near Greater Leys OX44 9NG
Received 2 Sept 2026Round Hill House, Fawley, RG9 6HU
Received 15 Aug 2025Devonshire House, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 30 Jun 2023George Hotel, High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BS
Received 20 Mar 2024Meadowlands, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 13 May 20249 The Mint, Wallingford, OX10 0XB
Received 30 Aug 2023Cuttle Brook Local Nature Reserve, Oxford Road, Thame
Received 31 Jul 2025Shaftoe, Elmhurst Walk, Goring, RG8 9DE
Received 5 Sept 202337 Mill Lane, Benson, OX10 6SA
Received 2 May 2024Pig Buildings to north of Potters Farm London Road Ewelme
Received 17 Apr 2026Copper Beeches, Northfield Avenue, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PB
Received 5 Jul 2024St Andrew's Church, Church Close, East Hagbourne, OX11 9ND
Received 22 Mar 20242 Simms Close, Middle Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1HB
Received 30 Mar 2023Hotel Du Vin, New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BP
Received 11 Apr 2024Ewelme Technical Waste Transfer Station, Goulds Grove, near Ewelme, OX10 6PJ
Received 18 Jul 202324 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 31 Mar 20251 Lydalls Close, Didcot, OX11 7LD
Received 13 Jun 20231 Yellowhammer Place Didcot OX11 6JJ
Received 1 Sept 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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