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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.
5,789 approved · 709 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Manor Road, Didcot, OX11 7JZ
Received 20 Oct 2025Land to the rear of No. 81 Abingdon Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LB
Received 10 Mar 2026Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 9 Dec 2024Radwinter, Winterbrook Lane, Wallingford, OX10 9EJ
Received 25 Apr 202432 Church Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7TA
Received 15 Apr 2025Cullum House, Ambrose Rise, Wheatley, OX33 1XE
Received 13 Jul 202320 Shirburn Street, Watlington, OX49 5BT
Received 27 Sept 2024Clump Bottom House, Road running through Little Wittenham, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RA
Received 10 Jan 2026Land to the east of Manor Road to the south of Little Croft, Manor Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 9EJ
Received 31 Jul 2024Land adjacent to The Brook Surgery, High Street, Chalgrove, OX44 7AF
Received 9 Jan 2026Land at Caversham Lake Watersports (North Lake), Henley Road, Caversham, RG4 9RA
Received 6 Jun 2023The Paddock, 6 Church Close, Stanton St John, OX33 1DN
Received 27 Nov 2023Land off Benson Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HB
Received 28 Feb 2024Dove Tree Cottage, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 12 Mar 2025Anderson House, Newtown Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HG
Received 16 Oct 202364 Park Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8QP
Received 8 Apr 2026Pope Farm, Fullers Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EN
Received 4 Jul 2024Office 3 First Floor 31 Market Place Henley-on-Thames RG9 2AA
Received 15 Jun 2026Thame Fields (Reserve Site C), Thame
Received 5 Aug 2025Wyevale Country Gardens, Reading Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 25 Jul 2024Stonham, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NP
Received 27 Jun 202357 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LU
Received 14 Dec 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 7 Apr 202618 Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
Received 14 Feb 2023Records 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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