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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.
5,817 approved · 712 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, Playhatch, RG4 6TX
Received 22 Jul 2025Land adjacent to Beech Cottage, Beech Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PY
Received 8 May 2024Church Farm, Copson Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7TZ
Received 8 Nov 202318 Hasthorpe Road, Mongewell, OX10 8FR
Received 13 Mar 20241 Sotwell Manor, Bakers Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PX
Received 15 Sept 2025The Firs, Nuney Green, RG4 7UR
Received 22 Jan 2024Friar Park, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 22 Dec 2025Paradise Barn, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 23 Jun 2023Elbow Cottage, 1 Davenport Place, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5QA
Received 24 Feb 202523 Longford Way, Didcot, OX11 7TN
Received 15 Nov 2024Land east of Dinckley Court, Abingdon Road, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 9 Feb 202691 Wayside Green, Woodcote, RG8 0PR
Received 12 Dec 2023Culham Station House, Station Road, Culham, OX14 3BT
Received 11 Oct 2024High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PT
Received 17 Jul 2024Street Record, Church Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AT
Received 2 Jun 2025Crowmarsh Stores, 64 The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ES
Received 30 Mar 2023Hawkhill Place, Stanton St John, OX33 1HS
Received 25 Nov 20242 Queen Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HR
Received 1 Mar 2023Keepers Cottage, 7 Stonor, Stonor, RG9 6HE
Received 17 Jan 20265 Lambert Walk, Thame, OX9 3DT
Received 14 Jul 2025Paradise Barn, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 9 Aug 2023The Corner Shop, Station Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NY
Received 18 Sept 2025Little Farm, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TS
Received 22 Jan 2024Royal House 51 Station Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AT
Received 11 Jun 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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