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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.
5,954 approved · 725 refused · 443 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Conway, Reading Road, Woodcote, RG8 0QY
Received 31 Mar 2026The Smith Centre, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6AB
Received 11 Sept 2025Honeysuckle Cottage, Lower End, Great Milton, OX44 7NL
Received 23 May 2024Opposite Shillingford Court, Shillingford, Oxon, OX10 7EP
Received 29 Jun 2023Overview Stud, Sandy Lane, Horspath, OX33 1TF
Received 25 Apr 20254 The Green, Woodeaton, OX3 9TL
Received 14 Jul 2023Orchard Manor, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BP
Received 27 Jun 2023Watlington Road, Shirburn, OX49 5DS
Received 5 Sept 2025OS 90 Wood Lane Sonning Common Reading RG4 9SL
Received 24 Jun 2026Grapevine Cottage High Street Long Wittenham Abingdon OX14 4QQ
Received 16 Jun 2026Old Telephone Exchange, Church Road, Benson, OX10 6SF
Received 2 May 2024Field House, near Christmas Common, OX49 5HX
Received 5 Sept 2024Electricity Sub Station, Milton Manor Drive, Little Milton, OX44 7PT
Received 21 May 20243 Thame Park Road, Thame, OX9 3JA
Received 4 Mar 2024Wingfield Close, Ewelme, Oxon
Received 24 Mar 2025Gayfere House, 37 Oxford Road, Garsington, OX44 9AB
Received 20 Sept 202322 Maple Furlong, Benson, OX10 6FP
Received 28 Jul 2025Bishopswood Farm House, Horsepond Road, near Gallowstree Common, RG4 9DR
Received 10 Mar 2025The Barn, southwest of Manor Barn, Toot Baldon
Received 20 Aug 2025Badgemore Park, Gravel Hill, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 4NR
Received 31 Jul 2023Land at Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 1 Jul 202590 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XP
Received 22 May 2023Eucalyptus House Sotwell Street Brightwell-cum-sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RG
Received 20 May 2026Shepherds Cottage, 11 Pettiwell, Garsington, OX44 9DB
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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