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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.
6,132 approved · 744 refused · 467 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longcross Place, 18 Winterbrook, Wallingford, OX10 9EF
Received 18 Oct 2023Horns Farm, Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PH
Received 17 May 2023The Old Almshouse, 27 Stonor, Stonor, RG9 6HB
Received 30 Jan 2023The Gables Elvendon Road Goring Reading RG8 0DT
Received 13 Jul 202610 Old Copse Gardens, Sonning Common, RG4 9TH
Received 30 Jan 202630 High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 16 Feb 2023Mulberry House, Peppard Hill, Peppard Common, RG9 5ES
Received 30 Jun 20259 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BP
Received 5 Jan 2026Land at Crowell Road, Chinnor
Received 12 Mar 202564 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XP
Received 7 Sept 2023The Oratory School, The Oratory Drive, Woodcote, RG8 0PJ
Received 8 Dec 202521 Lycroft Close, Goring, RG8 0AT
Received 30 Oct 202316A Ernest Road, Didcot, OX11 8QH
Received 10 Jul 2025Donnington Trust Field, Heyford Hill Lane, near Littlemore, OX4 4YH
Received 24 Nov 2025Crossways, Woodlands Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AA
Received 21 Aug 2024Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, near Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 28 Feb 2024Orchard Stables, Burcot, OX14 3DQ
Received 14 Oct 2024St Andrews Church, Church Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PG
Received 21 Mar 2023Meadswood, Braziers Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6AP
Received 31 Oct 2023Former Site Of Georgetown Filling Station, Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8SD
Received 13 Mar 20231 Church Street, Beckley, OX3 9UT
Received 27 Sept 2023Hester's Barn, High Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SJ
Received 6 Nov 2024Whites Cottage, 42 Chapel Street, Watlington, OX49 5QT
Received 9 Jan 2025Rosebank, Shepherds Green, RG9 4QL
Received 4 Dec 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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