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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.
7,030 approved · 813 refused · 543 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Vicarage Road Henley-on-thames RG9 1HJ
Received 29 Apr 2026Wolf House, The Ridings, Shotover Hill, OX3 8TB
Received 26 Mar 2025Byeways, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NT
Received 7 Aug 20232 Don Close Didcot OX11 7SB
Received 2 Jul 2026Bishop Court Farm, 93 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HP
Received 18 Oct 2023Willow House Eastfield Lane Whitchurch On Thames Reading RG8 7EJ
Received 7 Aug 2026Wyvale Country Gardens, Reading Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 31 Mar 2025Chapel Cottage, 17 Brook Street, Benson, OX10 6LQ
Received 12 Jun 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden including part of the A4130 east of the A34 Milton Interchange, land between Didcot and the former Didcot A Power Station and the Great Western Mainline, land to the north of Didcot where it crosses a private railway sidings and the River Thames to the west of Appleford-on-Thames before joining the A415 west of Culham Station, land to the south of Culham Science Centre through to a connection with the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 28 Apr 202611 The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LW
Received 11 Apr 20234 Yew Tree Court, Goring, RG8 9HF
Received 14 Mar 2024Brightwell Manor, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 31 Jul 2024Lucy Switchgear Howland Road Thame OX9 3UJ
Received 8 Apr 2026Units 4 & 5 Robert House, 19 Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PU
Received 8 Oct 2024Red Lion Farmhouse, Stoke Talmage, OX9 7ES
Received 12 Jun 20243 Spring Lane, Horspath, OX33 1SA
Received 30 May 2023Bix Bottom SSSI, Bix Bottom
Received 15 May 2024Southlea House, Blounts Court Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5EU
Received 29 Mar 2023Baptist House, 129 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8XD
Received 25 Oct 202347 The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LP
Received 29 Aug 20241 School Lane, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, RG9 5QS
Received 17 Mar 2025Land at Oxford Brookes University Wheatley Campus Waterperry Road Holton OX33 1HX
Received 19 May 2026The Old Vicarage, Church Lane, Shiplake, RG9 4BS
Received 24 Apr 2024Cranford House School, Moulsford, OX10 9HT
Received 16 Feb 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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