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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9,487 approved · 992 refused · 761 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Nunsacre, Brightwell cum Sotwell, Oxon, OX10 0RR
Received 23 Aug 2023Ladygrove Cottage, Lady Grove, Goring Heath, RG8 7RU
Received 15 Jun 2021Little Baunton, Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1DZ
Received 31 Mar 2020Stamford House, Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5JD
Received 23 Jul 20201 Church Cottages, Church Lane, North Stoke, OX10 6BH
Received 10 Oct 2025Dunwoody, Atlanta Close, Benson, OX10 6PL
Received 10 Jul 2020The Mill, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TY
Received 18 Nov 20243 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 3YS
Received 28 Mar 202415 Nuns Acre, Goring, RG8 9BE
Received 31 Jul 202587 Sinodun Road, Didcot, OX11 8HH
Received 16 Feb 20211 Crispin Place, Wallingford, OX10 0DR
Received 28 Jun 2021Waitrose Ltd Greyhound Lane Thame OX9 3ZD
Received 24 Aug 2026North Stoke Farm, The Street, North Stoke, OX10 6BL
Received 13 Jan 2023The Land, 16 Southend, Garsington, OX44 9DH
Received 13 Jun 202526 Wheatley Road, Garsington, OX44 9ER
Received 21 Aug 2020Newington Nurseries, Newington, OX10 7AW
Received 17 Mar 2021The Malt House, 27 High Street, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AA
Received 30 Oct 2024Parsonage Farm Cottage, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JQ
Received 11 Sept 202014 Goodall Close, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BJ
Received 22 Mar 2024Cholsey Meadows, Cholsey, OX10 9FF
Received 20 May 2024Little Acre, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 31 Mar 2025Vincent House, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 15 Jan 202541 Manor Road, Didcot, OX11 7JZ
Received 12 Mar 20261 Staggs Road, Thame, OX9 3AG
Received 9 May 2025Records 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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