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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
9,513 approved · 995 refused · 761 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, near Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 28 Mar 2024Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve Carpark, Sunken Way Walk, Near Lewknor, OX49 5SG
Received 1 May 202456B Grove Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9RL
Received 13 Dec 2023European School Land on the South Side of Abindgon Road Culham Abingdon OX14 3BW
Received 25 Sept 20266 Grenville Way, Thame, OX9 3YP
Received 14 Dec 2023Clifton Hampden Bridge Cliton Hampden Abingdon OX14 3EH
Received 5 Aug 2026Mergh Farm, Stoke Row, RG9 5PD
Received 13 Nov 2024Mount Pleasant Farm, Goring Heath, RG8 7TB
Received 2 Dec 2020Horns Farm, Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PH
Received 13 Jul 202050 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 31 Oct 2022Home Farm 48 Southend Garsington Oxford OX44 9DJ
Received 20 Aug 20261 Pearce's Orchard, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LF
Received 25 Jan 202420A Duke Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1UP
Received 21 Feb 2023Waterstone House, Burcot, OX14 3DN
Received 2 Jun 20214 Kemble Mews, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JN
Received 31 Mar 2026Orchard Cottage, Crowsley, RG9 4JN
Received 19 Nov 20251a Brakspear Mews, New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BP
Received 13 Jan 2026Pyrton Field Farm Station Road Pyrton Watlington OX49 5DE
Received 17 Sept 2026Flat 4, The Hermitage, 29 Vicarage Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HT
Received 28 Feb 2025Wheatfield, Copson Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7TZ
Received 2 Jun 202319 Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DP
Received 9 Sept 2024Lower Farm House, Denton, OX44 9JL
Received 8 Jun 20201 Priest End, Thame, OX9 2AE
Received 5 Oct 2020Priors Gate, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PB
Received 28 Jul 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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