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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9,357 approved · 989 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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7 Aston Park, Aston Rowant, Oxon, OX49 5SW
Received 2 Aug 2023The Barn, Bix, RG9 4RS
Received 21 Aug 2025Lucy Switchgear, Howland Road, Thame, OX9 3UJ
Received 9 Jan 2023Wantage Road SW, Verge adj Wantage Road, Didcot, OX11 0AG
Received 26 Oct 2023Land opposite 4 Fairmile Court, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JP
Received 22 May 202515 & 16 Courtfield Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1HA
Received 1 May 2024145 Reading Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1DL
Received 13 Jul 2026Camoys Cottage, Clifton Hampden Road, Chiselhampton, OX44 7UZ
Received 26 Jan 2021Wheatleys, High Street, South Moreton, OX11 9AG
Received 20 Nov 2024The Stream House, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HQ
Received 26 Jun 2025Larch Corner Sotwell Street Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RJ
Received 11 Apr 2026Haydown, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DT
Received 18 May 2023Stable Yard to east of Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QY
Received 19 Sept 20244 St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HP
Received 24 Nov 2023Burdens, Berins Hill, Ipsden, Oxon, OX10 6QX
Received 29 Oct 2020The Springs, Howe Road, Watlington, OX49 5EL
Received 29 Jul 2020Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 19 Mar 2026Land to the North East of Didcot
Received 1 May 2024Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 17 Oct 2024Land at Ladygrove East, Hadden Hill, Didcot, OX11 9BZ
Received 9 Feb 2026Grundon Waste Management Ltd Goulds Grove Ewelme Wallingford OX10 6PJ
Received 17 Apr 202636 Sutherland Beck, Didcot, OX11 7FF
Received 5 Jun 202314 Beech Road Chinnor OX39 4RB
Received 13 Apr 2026Newells Farm, Road Between Newells Close And Newells Farm, Stadhampton, OX44 7XJ
Received 23 Nov 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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