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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
9,405 approved · 992 refused · 755 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moorleys, Woodperry Road, Beckley, OX3 9UY
Received 15 May 202419 Breame Oak Drive, Wheatley, OX33 1FF
Received 18 Sept 2024Baldon House East Wing Road Between Baldon Lane And The Green Marsh Baldon Oxford OX44 9LS
Received 2 Sept 202668 Mill Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7SL
Received 2 Dec 20206 Elmcroft, Goring, RG8 9EU
Received 27 Mar 2024Chauntsingers, Cleeve Road, Goring, RG8 9BJ
Received 30 Aug 2023Battle Lodge, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DR
Received 24 Oct 2022Greys End, Walton Avenue, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1LA
Received 13 Nov 202340 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NB
Received 9 Jan 2023Hunts Farm House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 9 Feb 2021Stow House, Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9AL
Received 4 May 2023Land at Court House Farm, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
Received 22 Mar 2023Tall Trees, High Street, Chinnor, OX39 4DH
Received 27 Sept 2024The Old Farmhouse, Crowsley, RG9 4JL
Received 15 Jul 2025South Stoke Community Shop Cross Keys Road South Stoke RG8 0JT
Received 7 Apr 2026Land at Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, OX10 9TA
Received 22 Feb 2021River House, Mill Lane, Shiplake, RG9 3LY
Received 6 Aug 2025Cir Mhor, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, RG8 OPL
Received 4 Aug 20251 Rose Tree Cottages, Stoke Row, RG9 5PN
Received 20 Jul 2020Land to the east of Scotlands Ash Garage, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX10 0NA
Received 23 Jun 2020Oxford Lodge, Nuneham Courtenay Arboretum, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PX
Received 29 Jun 2023Saracote, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NP
Received 14 May 2024Orchard House, Crowsley Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LU
Received 27 Jul 2020The Hall Barn, Church Lane, Lewknor, OX49 5TP
Received 23 Nov 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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