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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.
5,863 approved · 716 refused · 438 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Church Street, Beckley, OX3 9UT
Received 9 Nov 2023Keepers Cottage, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DD
Received 28 Oct 2024The Plough, 2 Brook Street, Benson, OX10 6LQ
Received 4 Nov 2025The Smith Centre, The Smith Centre Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6AB
Received 21 Jul 202556 Ludsden Grove, Thame, OX9 3BZ
Received 13 Dec 2023Park Farm Cottage Main Street Through Mapledurham Village Mapledurham Village Reading RG4 7TP
Received 3 Sept 2026Land at Ladygrove East, Haddon Hill, Didcot, OX11 9BZ
Received 5 Nov 2025Land on the north west side of Icknield Way, Lewknor
Received 16 Dec 202453 Corbetts Way, Thame, OX9 2FL
Received 6 May 2025Station News, 20 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AY
Received 25 Jan 2024Kingwood Farm, Wyfold Lane, Wyfold, RG4 9AF
Received 3 Jul 20259 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0EG
Received 22 Feb 20244 Spring Path, Thame, OX9 2EF
Received 29 Jan 2025Hunters Gap, 52 Pebble Hill, Toot Baldon, OX44 9LH
Received 26 Sept 2023Land north of Littleworth Road, Benson
Received 17 Sept 2025Monument Business Park, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7RW
Received 4 Mar 2026Trees, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9BB
Received 2 Sept 2024The Stables, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 8 Nov 2024Suntrap, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 3 May 2023Apple Ash, Woodlands Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AB
Received 17 Apr 2023Lybbes Cottages, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9DS
Received 30 Sept 2025Land to South West of Cowley Substation, near Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PA
Received 29 Jul 2024Old Farm House, Cox Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QG
Received 11 Aug 2023The Orchards, The Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RR
Received 3 Oct 2025Records 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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