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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
9,323 approved · 989 refused · 750 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mapleton, Beggarsbush Hill, Benson, OX10 6PL
Received 4 Jan 2023Land North Of A4130 Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 11 Mar 2024Nuns Acre River Garden, Nuns Acre, Goring, RG8 9BE
Received 20 Feb 2023Land adjacent to The Green, Garsington, OX44 9DF
Received 21 Sept 2020Eden Cottage, Mays Green, Harpsden, RG9 4AJ
Received 20 Nov 2020Rosslyn, Green Lane, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JW
Received 30 Sept 2025Tithe Barn, Church Road, Thame, OX9 3AJ
Received 8 Feb 20236-8 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AN
Received 21 Dec 2022Poplars Farm, Chalford Road, Postcombe, OX9 7ED
Received 26 Feb 2025Lower Farm House, Stert Road, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SA
Received 9 May 2025Haseley Court/Little Haseley Conservation Area, Little Haseley, Oxon, OX44 7LL
Received 19 Apr 2021Basketmakers Cottage, 45 Gravel Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EF
Received 19 Sept 2025Helpful Hirings Ltd, Thame Road, Towersey, OX9 3QB
Received 1 Mar 2021Daf Trucks Ltd, Eastern Bypass, Thame, OX9 3FB
Received 16 Mar 202312 Burcot Park, Burcot, OX14 3DH
Received 9 Dec 20201 Johnson Close, Garsington, OX44 9AJ
Received 17 May 20216 Tamar Way, Didcot, OX11 7QH
Received 26 Jun 2025Corner Cottage, 4A Queens Close, Thame, OX9 3AZ
Received 26 Jan 20233 Roman Way, Thame, OX9 2FP
Received 19 May 2025Open space, St Mary's Close, Wheatley, OX331YP
Received 21 Dec 202042 & 44 Elton Cresent Wheatley Oxon OX33 1UZ
Received 24 Apr 202641 Hedgerley, Chinnor, OX39 4TN
Received 3 Dec 202069 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7EA
Received 9 Sept 2024The Railway Inn, Station Road, Culham, Abingdon, OX14 3BT
Received 21 Apr 2026Records 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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