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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
9,426 approved · 992 refused · 758 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Manege, Lower Cross Farm, Blewbury Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LF
Received 9 Jan 2023Thurle Down, Bridle Way, Goring, RG8 0HS
Received 3 Aug 20201 Fox Close, Garsington, OX44 9AA
Received 11 Sept 2023Home Farm Waterstock Oxford OX33 1JU
Received 7 Sept 2026Land North Of A4130 Wallingford Bypass Wallingford Oxon
Received 6 Oct 2026Frenchs Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 9 May 202434A High Street, Chinnor, OX39 4DH
Received 22 May 2020Orchard House, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EF
Received 25 Oct 2022Morris Cottage, 1 Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1DZ
Received 12 Oct 2020Chapel Wells, Church Hill, Pishill, RG9 6HJ
Received 23 Jan 2023Russets, Green Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LS
Received 14 Feb 2025155 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DD
Received 11 Oct 2023136-144 The Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8RJ
Received 11 May 2021Chauntsingers Cleeve Road Goring Reading RG8 9BJ
Received 22 Apr 2026Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Cuxham Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire
Received 2 Nov 2023Schatjes, Road running through Stoke Row, Stoke Row, RG9 5RB
Received 24 Nov 2025The Gables, Cat Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7UN
Received 3 Jan 2023Moreton Farmhouse, Moreton, OX9 2HX
Received 4 Sept 2020Castle Farmhouse, 9 Castle Square, Benson, OX10 6SD
Received 23 Feb 2021Home Close, 7 Church Street, Beckley, OX3 9UT
Received 5 Apr 2024Crocker End House Crocker End Nettlebed Henley-on-thames RG9 5BJ
Received 8 Jun 2026Land Off Churchfield Lane,, Benson, OX10 6SH
Received 18 Jun 2020Rycote Lane Farm (southern part of complex), Rycote Lane, Milton Common, OX9 2NZ
Received 19 Mar 2021Land North of Crowell Road, Chinnor
Received 7 May 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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