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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.
5,769 approved · 708 refused · 429 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 Sunnyside, Benson, OX10 6LZ
Received 23 Mar 20234 Old Barn Cottages, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7EZ
Received 9 May 2023Winsey View Farm, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JT
Received 7 Oct 2024Orchard Cottage, Crowsley, RG9 4JN
Received 19 Nov 2024Land at Bournes Farmhouse, Harpsden Road, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JT
Received 20 Nov 2025Littleworth Barn, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5FA
Received 5 Mar 202512 Kiln Lane, Garsington, OX44 9AR
Received 3 Dec 20255 Summerfield Rise, Goring, RG8 0DS
Received 28 Jun 2024Greenwood Cottage, 30 Silver Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AR
Received 17 Mar 2023Land located to the North East of Didcot, Didcot
Received 5 Dec 2023Thames Farm, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PH
Received 19 Aug 2024Landfill No 2 Site, Goulds Grove, near Ewelme, Oxfordshire, OX10 6PJ
Received 15 Apr 2024Albury Farmhouse, Draycott, OX9 2LX
Received 4 Nov 202528 Henley Road, Shillingford, OX10 7EH
Received 14 Jan 2025The Old Post Office, Sewells Lane, Sydenham, OX39 4LW
Received 18 Mar 202526 Station Road, Wallingford, OX10 0JX
Received 20 Jun 202538 Hillary Way, Wheatley, OX33 1UY
Received 21 Oct 2024Rose Cottage, 15 The Green South, Warborough, OX10 7DR
Received 2 Feb 20244 Red Cross Road, Goring, RG8 9HG
Received 7 Oct 20254 Chiltern Gardens, Watlington, OX49 5QW
Received 28 Aug 2024Blacksmiths Cottage, 118 High Street, Chalgrove, OX44 7ST
Received 20 Mar 2026159 & 161 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DE
Received 6 Jun 2024Land at Barns 1A, 1B, 1C, 2 and 3, Newells Farm, Stadhampton, OX44 7XJ
Received 30 Mar 2026Tanglewood House, Church Hill, Pishill, RG9 6HJ
Received 5 Nov 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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