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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.
6,270 approved · 753 refused · 479 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3-4 Beeches, Watery Lane, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EJ
Received 19 Sept 2024Land to the east of Crest Estate, Stoke Row, RG9 5RB
Received 19 Mar 202455 Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BY
Received 8 Jul 2024Farriers Cottage, Church Road, Great Milton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7PB
Received 7 Aug 2025Land adjacent to the Village Hall Main Road, East Hagbourne
Received 25 Jun 2024126 Broadway, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8AB
Received 10 Jan 2025Land at Rycote Lane, Thame, Oxon
Received 30 Jan 2023The Thatch, 23 Church Street, Watlington, OX49 5QR
Received 12 Jun 2023Tall Trees, 6 Manor Farm Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HZ
Received 26 Jun 2024Second Floor of 6 St Mary's Street, Wallingford, OX10 0EL
Received 9 May 2023Stargazer Beech Lane Woodcote Reading RG8 0PX
Received 10 Apr 2026The Old Rickyard, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4LR
Received 23 May 20233 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 3YS
Received 27 Sept 202331 Wood Street, Wallingford, OX10 0AX
Received 20 Feb 2026Heronsgate, Bridle Way, Goring, RG8 0HS
Received 13 Oct 2023Callever House, 6 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BP
Received 5 Jul 2023Wyfold Court, Lime Avenue, Kingwood, RG9 5WF
Received 14 Nov 20259 Moreton Road, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EP
Received 31 May 2024Milton Cottage, Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1DY
Received 25 Aug 2023Mulberry Croft, Limetree Road, Goring, RG8 9EY
Received 16 Dec 2025Beechwood House Elvendon Road Goring Reading RG8 0DT
Received 23 Apr 202611 Elton Crescent, Wheatley, OX33 1UZ
Received 24 May 2023OPP 1 The Willows, Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4NN
Received 11 Jul 2023Upper Farm Croft, 25 Hammer Lane, Warborough, OX10 7DJ
Received 8 Oct 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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