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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5,954 approved · 725 refused · 443 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Building J2, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden
Received 28 Nov 2024Badgemore Park Golf Club, Road From Gravel Hill To Broadplat House, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 10 Nov 20258 Beech Rise, Sonning Common, RG4 9TJ
Received 13 Sept 2024Land to the West of Windmill Road, Thame, OX9 2DS
Received 11 Nov 20254 Church Road Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9PP
Received 21 Apr 202691 Papist Way, Cholsey, OX10 9QJ
Received 3 Nov 2025Friends Meeting House, Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JJ
Received 9 May 2023Wisteria Cottage, Dogmore End Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0TB
Received 13 Jun 202558 Foxhall Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7AD
Received 6 Aug 2024Ferry Lane Open Space, Goring
Received 22 Oct 2024Friar Park, Badgemore, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4NR
Received 23 Jul 2025The Red Lion, 39 Wallingford Road, Cholsey, OX10 9LG
Received 6 Jun 2023Lock keepers cottage (garden), 36, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 17 Feb 202522 Albert Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SD
Received 13 Mar 2023West Cottage, Britwell Hill Farm, Britwell Hill, near Britwell Salome, OX49 5HD
Received 9 Aug 2023Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 25 May 2023Kings Pool House, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 20 Dec 2024Phase 1, Widmore Park, Sonning Common
Received 25 Feb 202618 Brasenose Road, Didcot, OX11 7BJ
Received 29 Aug 2025The Old Bakehouse, 1 Church Lane, Wallingford, OX10 0DX
Received 29 Jan 2025Thame Fields (Reserve Site C), Thame
Received 28 Jun 2024Chiselhampton Hill Cottage, Chiselhampton Hill, Chiselhampton, OX44 7XQ
Received 24 Aug 2023Plot 11 and 12 Didcot Road, Brightwell Cum Sotwell, OX10 0SA
Received 27 Mar 202516 Griffin Road, Thame, OX9 3LB
Received 11 Mar 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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