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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.
6,273 approved · 754 refused · 481 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dodwells Solar Farm, Land north of A40 Thame
Received 16 Jul 2026Sewage Treatment Works Sandford-on-thames Oxford OX4 4XU
Received 10 Jun 2026The Mill Sonning Eye Reading RG4 6TY
Received 3 Sept 2026Bagpuize House, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DD
Received 5 Dec 202211 Norman Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SG
Received 3 Jul 2023Land to the East of Grenoble Road, near Littlemore, OX4 4YS
Received 3 Jan 2024Land at Lady Grove, Didcot, OX11 9BP
Received 1 Jun 2023Former Site Of Georgetown Filling Station, Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8SD
Received 16 Sept 2024Owls Watch, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NS
Received 27 Jul 2023Pack Saddle Wood Mapledurham Estate Longcross Shaw Mapledurham RG4 7UD
Received 20 Apr 202691 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HP
Received 30 Sept 2024Mayflower Eastfield Lane Whitchurch On Thames Reading RG8 7EJ
Received 7 Jul 2026First Cholsey Scout Hq Wallingford Road Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9LG
Received 20 Jul 2026Chapel Wells, Pishill, RG9 6HJ
Received 29 Sept 2025Rooks Orchard, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QY
Received 13 Feb 2025Land next to Irton House, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7TH
Received 12 Dec 2025117 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TD
Received 5 Dec 2025Cala Homes Phase 6, Willington Down, Land at North East Didcot
Received 24 Aug 2023The Old Post Office, Nuffield Hill, Nuffield, RG9 5SS
Received 26 Sept 202418 Hampden Way, Ewelme, OX10 6HZ
Received 31 Jan 2025Home Farm, High Road, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QU
Received 3 Oct 2024Old Court House, Baskerville Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JY
Received 19 Jun 2025Thurle Down, Bridle Way, Goring, RG8 0HS
Received 14 Oct 2024Henry House, 41 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 27 Mar 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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