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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.
6,164 approved · 747 refused · 470 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West of Shillingford Road, Shillingford
Received 11 Jul 2024Pyrton Manor, Knightsbridge Lane, Pyrton, OX49 5AN
Received 16 Jan 202322 Queen Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HT
Received 16 Feb 202415 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XX
Received 16 Feb 2023North Farm, Off High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QT
Received 17 Apr 2024Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 11 Dec 2025Stowford Farm, Bayswater Road, near Barton, OX3 9RZ
Received 26 May 2023Bristows, Christmas Common, OX49 5HR
Received 1 Aug 202516 Hop Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EH
Received 29 Oct 2025Ewelme Down Farm, Ewelme, OX10 6PQ
Received 9 Jul 2025Pot Kiln Cottage, Pot Kiln Lane, Nettlebed, RG9 5BD
Received 7 Oct 20247 High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PZ
Received 28 Sept 2023Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 24 Apr 2023Barn Cottage, Maidensgrove, RG9 6HA
Received 30 May 202334 Pettiwell, Garsington, OX44 9DB
Received 14 Mar 202356 Makins Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PR
Received 28 Sept 2023Land East of Dinckley Court, Abingdon Road, Burcot
Received 14 Feb 202416 Bear Lane North Moreton Didcot OX11 9AS
Received 24 Jul 202645 Southern Road Thame OX9 2EE
Received 21 Apr 2026Belmont Cottage, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 4 Aug 2023Didcot Girls School, Manor Crescent, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7AJ
Received 12 Jan 2024Dutch Barn, Valley Farm, Bix, RG9 6BJ
Received 13 Oct 2023Chiltern House, Lower Assendon, RG9 6AN
Received 31 Jan 2024Upthorpe Farm, Albions Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EW
Received 26 Sept 2024Records 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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