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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
9,487 approved · 992 refused · 761 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Paddock land to Ashbourne House, Albury, OX9 2LP
Received 14 Apr 202123A Blandy Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QB
Received 26 Feb 2026Cromwell Cottage, 19 Stonor, Stonor, RG9 6HB
Received 21 Dec 2020Land Adjacent to Jasmin Mews, The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EJ
Received 29 Apr 2021Field House, Bix, RG9 6BX
Received 26 May 202196 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN
Received 3 Feb 2023Highfield, 17 Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5EJ
Received 30 Apr 2021Thames Bank South, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7DB
Received 19 Feb 202110 Haydon Road, Didcot, OX11 7JD
Received 14 Mar 2025Icknield Lodge, Icknield Road, Goring, RG8 0DG
Received 5 Jul 202110 Thyme Close, Sonning Common, RG4 9DD
Received 8 May 202418 Ash Close, Watlington, OX49 5LW
Received 19 May 2020Michaelmas Lodge, Parsons Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 15 Jun 2020The Orchard, Upper Bolney Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AQ
Received 16 Oct 2024150 Fane Drive, Berinsfield, OX10 7PW
Received 9 Jul 202575 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TD
Received 8 Dec 2025Little Crwys Cottage, 8 Heathfield Avenue, Binfield Heath, RG9 4ED
Received 13 Jan 2021Doyleys Farm, The Green, Stadhampton, OX44 7UB
Received 29 Jun 2023123 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8AL
Received 22 Sept 202050 Marston Road, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3YG
Received 28 Feb 2024Lower Farm, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TD
Received 20 Dec 20239 Leicester Close Henley-on-Thames RG9 2LD
Received 30 Jul 2026Highlands House, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PH
Received 16 Nov 2022Field area directly to the West of St Georges Road, and North of Millington Road., Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8H
Received 3 Jun 2020Records 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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