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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9,513 approved · 995 refused · 761 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
22 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 24 Oct 202336 Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LN
Received 30 Jan 2023Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 8 Apr 2024Poplars Farm, Chalford Road, Postcombe, OX9 7ED
Received 26 Feb 2025Middle Barn, Little Stoke, OX10 6AZ
Received 9 May 202319 Wheatley Road, Garsington, OX44 9EW
Received 19 Aug 20258 Walker Close, Woodcote, RG8 0QH
Received 5 Jul 202533 Honey Lane Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9NL
Received 16 Jun 202639 Esingdon Drive, Thame, OX9 3DS
Received 15 Nov 202414 Bridge End, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JP
Received 18 Feb 2025Verge outside 5-7 The Hill, Garsington, Oxon, OX44 9DG
Received 30 Nov 2020113 The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EF
Received 1 Sept 2023Kidmore End Parish Room, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9SJ
Received 7 Feb 20231 Barnsletts, Henley, RG9 4BD
Received 11 Feb 2025Manor House, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 16 Mar 2026Giggling Squid, 40 Hart Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AU
Received 23 Apr 2024Knightstone, Station Road, Goring, RG8 9HA
Received 6 Oct 20251 Cullum Road, Wheatley, OX33 1XD
Received 7 Aug 2023Ferry Cottage, Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PF
Received 21 Aug 2025Forget Me Not Farm Christmas Common, Watlington, OX49 5FB
Received 5 May 2026Down Farm, West Hagbourne, OX11 6DJ
Received 11 Mar 202628-32 Youens Drive, Thame, OX9 3ZG
Received 6 Nov 202410 Willow Road Chinnor OX39 4RA
Received 22 Apr 2026Half Acre, Witheridge Hill, Oxfordshire, RG9 5PE
Received 19 Jun 2023Records 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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