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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.
5,823 approved · 712 refused · 431 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Belmont Cottage, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 11 Feb 20263 Pump Lane, Thame, OX9 3BT
Received 26 Oct 2023Merlebank Moulsford, Wallingford OX10 9JG
Received 9 Jun 2026St Anthony's Lodge, Bear Lane, Wallingford, OX10 8DR
Received 11 May 202315 Bridge End, Dorchester, OX10 7JR
Received 21 May 2024Land north of New Road, Lower Shiplake
Received 3 Feb 2025185 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8RZ
Received 3 Dec 202562 West Chiltern, Woodcote, RG8 0SG
Received 13 Feb 202614 Woodpecker Walk Watlington OX49 5BQ
Received 12 Jun 2026Highcroft, Land to the West of Wallingford (Site B), Wallingford, OX10 0ND
Received 14 May 2024Land at Watlington Hill Farm, Hill Road, Watlington, OX49 5HR
Received 9 May 2023Hedera Rest, Crabtree Corner, Ipsden, OX10 6BN
Received 4 Jun 202410 Oxford Road, Horspath, OX33 1RT
Received 9 Jan 2024Elderberry Cottage, Howberry Lane, Nuffield, RG9 5SU
Received 31 Mar 202377 Wallingford Road Goring Reading RG8 0HL
Received 25 Sept 2026Garsons Farmhouse, Ipsden, Oxfordshire, OX10 6QU
Received 11 Jul 2025Brook Farm House, 66 Brook Street, Benson, OX10 6LH
Received 16 May 2023Lavender Cottage, Coldharbour, Goring Heath, RG8 7SY
Received 18 Aug 202379A Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 14 Nov 202330, Road running through Nuneham Courtenay, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9NY
Received 3 Mar 2026Land North Of A4130 Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 17 Jul 2023Land adjacent to the Village Hall, Main Road, East Hagbourne
Received 26 Nov 2025Magpie Cottage, Christmas Common, OX49 5HR
Received 20 Sept 2024Turville Park Dairy Farm, Turville Heath, RG9 6LB
Received 6 Dec 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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