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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.
6,152 approved · 745 refused · 469 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
The Crown, High Street, South Moreton, OX11 9AG
Received 3 Nov 2025Park Farm House, Waterstock, OX33 1JT
Received 7 Nov 2023Carrimers Farmhouse Aston Tirrold Didcot OX11 9DP
Received 4 Jun 2026Shepherds Cottage, Upperton, OX49 5NY
Received 9 Feb 2024Skirmers, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DQ
Received 23 Jan 2024Paddock Farm, Kit Lane, near Stoke Row, RG8 0TY
Received 27 Feb 2025Didcot Girls School, Manor Crescent, Didcot, OX11 7AJ
Received 22 Feb 2024Walnut Tree Cottage, Mill Lane, Great Haseley, OX44 7JU
Received 13 Oct 2023Days Weir, Located on the River Thames, near Little Wittenham, South Oxfordshire, OX14 4RB
Received 21 Oct 2025Ewelme Down Farm, near Ewelme, OX10 6PQ
Received 16 Dec 2025Woodhaven Reading Road Woodcote Reading RG8 0QX
Received 15 Apr 202628 Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DU
Received 25 Jan 2023Thatched Cottage Chazey Heath RG4 7UF
Received 7 May 2026Whiteleaf Furniture Ltd, Lupton Road, Thame, OX9 3SE
Received 24 Feb 2023Peel Fold, Mill Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4HB
Received 21 Jun 2023Rags in Bags, 53a St Marys Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0EL
Received 8 Oct 2024Eastfield House, Eastfield Lane, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EJ
Received 29 Jan 2025Field Cottage, Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PH
Received 14 Apr 20234 Church Street, Henley on Thames, RG9 1SE
Received 27 Nov 202346 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JT
Received 7 Aug 2024St Helens Church, Church Road, Benson, OX10 6SF
Received 14 Dec 2023Lime Tree Farm, 11 Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LN
Received 26 Nov 2024The Laurels, 57 Oxford Road, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EW
Received 13 Feb 2026Stowford, Bayswater Road, near Barton, OX3 9RZ
Received 13 Jan 2026Records 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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