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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5,954 approved · 725 refused · 443 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Farm, Peppard Hill, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5LA
Received 11 Sept 2025Woodland (Tilly's Wood) situated northwest of Deadmans' Lane & southwest of the A4074
Received 4 Jun 20268 Green Hitchings, Great Milton, OX44 7NZ
Received 9 Mar 2026Wisteria Cottage, Dogmore End Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0TB
Received 28 Nov 20245 Abingdon Road Didcot OX11 9BL
Received 29 May 2026Land North of B4009, Britwell Salome
Received 5 Jul 20238 Wenlock Close, Didcot, OX11 7UJ
Received 24 Dec 202511 Bridge End, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JR
Received 20 Oct 202515A Wood Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0AY
Received 2 Sept 2025Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons Church Road Great Milton Oxford OX44 7PD
Received 20 Jul 2026Tanglewood, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, Oxfordshire, OX11 9DJ
Received 29 May 202463 Fir Tree Avenue, Wallingford, OX10 0PD
Received 6 Oct 202517 Manor Crescent, Didcot, OX11 7AJ
Received 14 Nov 202410 Nuneham Courtenay, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9NX
Received 24 Sept 2025Land north of A4130 Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford
Received 29 Nov 20245 The Walled Garden, Badgemore, RG9 4FL
Received 16 Jun 2025Flowercroft Cottage, Kings Farm Lane, near Harpsden, RG9 4JF
Received 17 Sept 2024Pippin Cottage, Waterstock, OX33 1JT
Received 23 Apr 2025The Dower House, Hithercroft, Wallingford, OX10 9ES
Received 2 Dec 2025High Lodge Farm, Thame Lane, Culham, OX14 3DX
Received 10 Jan 202415 Clapcot Way, Wallingford, OX10 8HS
Received 8 Mar 2023Croton Farm, Sydenham, Oxon, OX39 4LY
Received 6 Oct 2023Keepers Cottage, Wheatley Road, Forest Hill, OX33 1EP
Received 1 Oct 202522 The Laurels, Tetsworth, OX9 7BH
Received 22 Aug 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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