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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Oxfordshire District Council. Also known as SODC.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Oxfordshire website
9,277 approved · 989 refused · 745 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Queens Croft, Castle Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DW
Received 22 Feb 2021Park Meadow Cottage, Thame Park Road, Thame, OX9 3PJ
Received 28 Jun 2024102 Norreys Road, Didcot, OX11 0AN
Received 29 Jan 2024Land West of Harlesford Solar Farm, South-West of Tetsworth
Received 25 Jul 2025Black Horse Hotel, 11 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 2BL
Received 6 Sept 2024The Pheasantry, Pishill, RG9 6HJ
Received 26 Oct 2020Brook Cottage, Cuxham, OX49 5NF
Received 4 Sept 2024Beechwood Cottage, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TR
Received 16 Jan 2025Centenary House, Brook Lane, THAME, Oxon, OX9 2AB
Received 30 Sept 2024The Little House, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 27 Apr 2021Westwood, Elmhurst Road, Goring, RG8 9BN
Received 18 Apr 2023Hall Farm, Mill Lane, South Moreton, OX11 9FD
Received 29 Sept 2025Phases 3 and 5a Nobel Park, Didcot
Received 10 Jun 2024Romeyns Court, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 12 Nov 2024Land at Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus, Waterperry Road, Holton, OX33 1HX
Received 2 Jun 2026Ticklebelly Lodge, Bakers Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PX
Received 19 Apr 20218 St Annes Court, Didcot, OX11 9UT
Received 15 Nov 2023Rectory Cottages The Common Ewelme Wallingford OX10 6PG
Received 26 May 2026Black Horse Cottage, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 24 Jun 202073 High Street, Thame, OX9 3AE
Received 15 Jun 2023Rosewood, Behoes Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PP
Received 18 Sept 2025The White House, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HA
Received 30 May 2025Spring View, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 11 Mar 2025Revival, 33B High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 29 Feb 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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