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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.
6,341 approved · 759 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Middle Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1HD
Received 30 Apr 20245B Oaks Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JH
Received 7 Jun 2023Aston Tirrold & Upthorpe Village Hall, Thorpe Street, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EQ
Received 11 May 2025Manor Cottage Manor Road Goring Reading RG8 9DP
Received 15 Jun 20261 Westleigh Drive, Sonning Common, RG4 9LA
Received 7 Feb 2023Land to the West of Wallingford (Site B), Wallingford, OX10 0ND
Received 28 Nov 2023White Cottage, Shepherds Green, Oxon, RG9 4QL
Received 7 Feb 2023Lavenders Rectory Lane Aston Tirrold Didcot OX11 9DH
Received 6 Jul 2026Maytree Cottage, 5, Little Haseley, OX44 7LH
Received 4 Mar 2024Rivermead 24 Preston Crowmarsh OX10 6SL
Received 8 Jun 20261 Townsend Cottages South Stoke Reading RG8 0HU
Received 15 Sept 2026Manor Farm, Henton, OX39 4AE
Received 19 Sept 2024Surman And Horwood Funeral Service, Crowell, OX39 4RR
Received 31 Oct 202548 Orchard Avenue, Sonning Common, RG4 9LT
Received 16 Jun 2023European School, Thame Lane, Culham, OX14 3DZ
Received 20 Oct 2025Lower Farm House Stert Road Kingston Blount Chinnor OX39 4SA
Received 19 May 20264 River View, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4YF
Received 27 Aug 2024Wells Farm Cottage, Haseley Road, Little Milton, OX44 7PP
Received 2 Mar 202322 Blenheim Road Horspath Oxford OX33 1RY
Received 17 Apr 202636 Westleigh Drive Sonning Common Reading RG4 9LB
Received 20 Aug 2026Land West of Wallingford (Site B)
Received 1 Sept 202639 Churchill Crescent, Thame, OX9 3JN
Received 6 Jun 2023South Stoke Village Hall, Cross Keys Road, South Stoke, RG8 0JT
Received 30 Jan 2024Brook House, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 16 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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