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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
9,456 approved · 992 refused · 759 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Home Farm, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QS
Received 28 May 2021Unit A, Lower Broadway, Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8ET
Received 22 Feb 202112 Grays Close, Chalgrove, OX44 7TN
Received 4 Oct 2023Unit 8, Thame Forty, Jane Morbey Road, Thame, OX9 3RR
Received 17 Apr 20255-6 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0EG
Received 20 Aug 2024Battle Road, Benson, OX10 6DY
Received 20 Mar 20262 Lane End, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8DG
Received 20 Aug 2024Old Dairy, Henton, OX39 4AH
Received 14 Apr 202320 Western Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JP
Received 21 Aug 2024Friar Park, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 6 Mar 202513 Prospect Place, WATLINGTON, Oxon, OX49 5AJ
Received 1 Nov 2022The Plough, 2 Brook Street, Benson, OX10 6LQ
Received 7 Jul 2025Hunts Farm House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 12 May 2020Land at Little Acorns Nursery, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NA
Received 4 Aug 2023Thatchover, 49 Littleworth Road, Benson, Wallingford, OX10 6LY
Received 31 Mar 20262 Andrew Road, Wallingford, OX10 8AE
Received 8 Sept 2020Land to the east of Manor Road to the south of Little Croft, Manor Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 9EJ
Received 16 Jun 2023Saddlestones, High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PS
Received 14 Nov 202222 Oakley Lane, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX9 3SE
Received 16 Apr 202199 Wantage Road, Wallingford, OX10 0LT
Received 9 Feb 2026Lower Farm, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TD
Received 21 Jun 2021Existing Play Area, Blue Mountains Estate, Wallingford
Received 20 Oct 2025High Beeches, 28 Holmlea Road, Goring, RG8 9EX
Received 7 Apr 20212 Westfield Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NG
Received 9 Jan 2024Records 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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