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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6,341 approved · 759 refused · 485 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bull, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NS
Received 26 Jan 2024Abbey Woods Spinney, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7LZ
Received 19 Nov 2024The Queens Head, 26 Church Road, Horspath, OX33 1RU
Received 15 Sept 2025Former grain store Sheepcote Farm Mongewell OX10 8BP
Received 8 May 202670 High Street, Chinnor, OX39 4DH
Received 28 Nov 202248 High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
Received 3 Nov 202528 Wilson Avenue Henley-on-Thames RG9 1ET
Received 21 May 2026Greendene House, Chazey Heath, RG4 7UG
Received 3 Dec 2024Gillotts School Gillotts Lane Henley-on-thames RG9 1PS
Received 6 May 20266 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1RQ
Received 2 May 2025Land at Ladygrove East, Hadden Hill, Didcot, OX11 9BZ
Received 9 Feb 2026Land to the North West of Stoke Talmage, Stoke Talmage, OX9 7HB
Received 5 May 2023Breach Cottage, High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XU
Received 27 Aug 202421 Westfield Road, Benson, OX10 6NH
Received 20 May 202514 Goodall Close, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BJ
Received 23 Jul 2025Elsfield Manor, 2 Elsfield Manor, Elsfield, Oxfordshire, OX3 9SP
Received 9 Sept 202561 Kings Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2DN
Received 20 Jun 20259 Town Farm Close, THAME, Oxon, OX9 2DA
Received 24 May 202314-22 Brights Interiors, High Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5DD
Received 4 Jun 2024Clematis Cottage, 19 High Street, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EQ
Received 9 Sept 2025Little Farm, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TS
Received 13 Oct 2023Highcroft, Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5JD
Received 29 Nov 2024Rupert House School Sports Field, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JN
Received 4 Feb 2025Land rear of Harpsden Grange Harpsden Way Henley-on-Thames RG9 1NX
Received 1 Jun 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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