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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9,426 approved · 992 refused · 758 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Anson Close, Wheatley, OX33 1YD
Received 7 May 2024Manor Farm, Brookstones, Sydenham, OX39 4LZ
Received 21 Sept 2020Rycote Meadow, Oxford Road, Thame, OX9 2AH
Received 14 May 2024Parsonage Barn, The Green, Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire, OX44 9LJ
Received 30 Jan 2026146 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 1EA
Received 18 Nov 202074 Greys Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SJ
Received 10 Jan 2023The Thatched Cottage, Old Reading Road, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8BW
Received 26 Oct 202214 Mill Close, Middle Assendon, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6BA
Received 13 Jul 202623 Hamilton Avenue, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1SH
Received 25 Jun 2021Molyns House, Phyllis Court Drive, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2HU
Received 29 Sept 202011 Mallard Drive, Didcot, OX11 6EH
Received 12 Dec 202267 Warner Crescent, Didcot, OX11 8JY
Received 9 Apr 2024Lower Hitch Cottage Whitchurch Hill Reading RG8 7NU
Received 18 May 2026Regal Cinema, Borama Way, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BZ
Received 16 Apr 2026The Site Of Milton House, Gold Street, Little Milton
Received 17 Aug 2023Rose Cottage, Pleck Lane, Kingston Blount, Oxon, OX39 4RU
Received 11 Sept 2023Sewage Treatment Works Polecat End Lane Forest Hill Oxford OX33 1EH
Received 7 Sept 2026135 Reading Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1DJ
Received 17 Feb 2021Church Cottage, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7DL
Received 14 Jul 20252 Rough Lodge Cottages, Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PN
Received 15 Feb 2023Cross Keys House, 2 Manor Farm Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HZ
Received 16 Dec 2025The Byre, Mackney Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SQ
Received 23 Apr 2020West Hill Court, Kings Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2DF
Received 10 Oct 2023The Dorian Centre, Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, RG4 9RF
Received 26 May 2023Records 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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