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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.
6,061 approved · 739 refused · 454 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Wayside Green, Woodcote, RG8 0QJ
Received 24 Feb 202660 & 62 Norreys Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0AN
Received 23 Mar 20236 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HP
Received 23 Dec 2025East End House, 46 Shirburn Street, Watlington, OX49 5BT
Received 14 Jul 2023Playford Court, Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3BS
Received 14 May 2025Willowbrook Park Phase 4B, North East Didcot, Didcot
Received 23 Dec 2025Land to the west of the Green Marsh Baldon OX44 9LL
Received 24 Jun 2026113 Wheatley Road, Garsington, OX44 9DR
Received 22 Apr 2024Walnut Cottage, 22, Little Haseley, OX44 7LH
Received 25 Sept 2025Chesworth, 6 Manor Wood Gate, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3BY
Received 8 Jan 202680 Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0HN
Received 21 Dec 2023Old Farm House, Cox Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QG
Received 1 Jul 202448 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 3 Oct 20242 Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DJ
Received 10 Feb 2025Riverside House, Waterstock, OX33 1JT
Received 27 Jun 2023The Henley College Deanfield Avenue Henley-on-thames RG9 1UH
Received 17 Apr 2026The Old Vicarage, 5 The Green North, Warborough, OX10 7DW
Received 14 Apr 2023Lobb Farm, Tetsworth
Received 10 Sept 2026Oakwood, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JX
Received 19 Nov 20256 Farm Close Lane Wheatley Oxford OX33 1UG
Received 12 May 2026Land at The Elms, Thame
Received 21 Dec 2023Aston Tirrold Manor, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DJ
Received 24 Mar 202638 The Oval, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7EJ
Received 9 Sept 2025Chauntsingers, Cleeve Road, Goring, RG8 9BJ
Received 25 Sept 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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