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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
9,357 approved · 989 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wheatfield, Copson Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7TZ
Received 7 Sept 202318 East Street, Didcot, OX11 8EJ
Received 4 Mar 2024Harlesford Farm, Tetsworth, OX9 7BX
Received 14 Mar 2023Grange Farm, Badgemore, RG9 4NZ
Received 29 Aug 202311 Lummas Mead Chinnor OX39 4FQ
Received 30 Jun 2026Middle Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1EX
Received 7 Jul 2020Donnelly, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TJ
Received 14 Nov 20236 Prospect Place, Watlington, OX49 5AJ
Received 15 Jun 2023Amberley, 26 Lambridge Wood Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 3BS
Received 9 Feb 20232 Queen Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HR
Received 12 Jun 2023Walters Farm, Sandy Lane, Tiddington, OX9 2LE
Received 20 Oct 2023Watlington Club, High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
Received 19 Jun 2025The Strip, Shepherds Green, RG9 4QW
Received 22 Dec 2023Land East of Reading Road, Lower Shiplake
Received 21 Sept 2023The Old Foundry, 47 Friday Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1AN
Received 12 Mar 2021Anchor Gate, The Green, Stadhampton, OX44 7UW
Received 6 Dec 202381 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1TQ
Received 23 Dec 2024Land to the east of Howland Road (B4012), and south of Kingsey Road, Thame, OX9 3JL
Received 9 Oct 2024Culham No 1 Site, Station Road, Culham, OX14 3DB
Received 20 Dec 2024The Elms West End Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9LR
Received 20 Aug 2026The Old Village Inn, Goffs Hill, Crays Pond, RG8 7QD
Received 13 Jun 2024Gayfere House, 37 Oxford Road, Garsington, OX44 9AB
Received 17 May 2023Gattendon Lodge, Gatehampton Road, Goring, RG8 9LU
Received 27 Jun 20245 Hazel Avenue, Thame, OX9 2AW
Received 3 Mar 2025Records 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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