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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9,405 approved · 992 refused · 755 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land south-west of London Road, near Tetsworth, OX9 7AZ
Received 25 Jan 2023Whitesacres, Wheatley Road, Garsington
Received 19 Mar 2025Laurel Cottage, Crays Pond, RG8 7QE
Received 10 Jul 2020Harlesford Farm, Tetsworth, OX9 7BX
Received 14 Mar 2023Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 18 Oct 202418 Western Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JL
Received 31 Oct 2022Harpsden Wood House, Harpsden Woods, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4AF
Received 12 Sept 2025Greys House, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QD
Received 18 Mar 2025Wellfields House, Caps Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9HF
Received 10 Oct 202316 Church Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4PW
Received 10 Nov 2023Perseverance Farm, Harpsden, RG9 4AP
Received 7 Jul 2021Highwood, Harpsden Way, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1NL
Received 2 Jul 2021Hornbeam Cottage, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LS
Received 28 Oct 202233 Wood Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9SJ
Received 12 Apr 2021Land adj Keepers Cottage, Wheatley Road, Forest Hill, OX33 1EP
Received 6 Mar 2023Land at The Ridings, Shotover Hill, Oxfordshire, OX3 8TB
Received 23 Jun 2020Autumn Barn, Stoke Row, RG9 5NY
Received 21 Nov 2024The Queens Cottage, 5 Road Running Through Toot Baldon, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
Received 5 Jun 2025Little Trentham, Baskerville Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JY
Received 15 Feb 2021Woodlea, 13 Wood Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BD
Received 12 May 2025Land West of Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus, Off Holton Park Drive, Holton
Received 26 Mar 202499 Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QT
Received 27 Mar 2025Casamajor, Pack And Prime Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TT
Received 26 Jun 2024Land off Junction 8A M40, near Waterstock, OX33 1LJ
Received 14 Nov 2022Records 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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