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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
9,536 approved · 996 refused · 763 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Church Street, Didcot, OX11 8DQ
Received 16 Feb 20214 St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HP
Received 29 May 2024Kings Copse, Lower Road, Garsington, OX44 9BL
Received 20 Aug 2020Land west of Marley Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7TF
Received 29 Feb 2024Crownlea, 5A Crown Lane, South Moreton, OX11 9AQ
Received 10 Nov 2025Whitehouse Farm, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5NT
Received 5 Dec 20222 Queen Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HR
Received 1 May 2024Hazel Shaw, Road Between Whitehall Lane And Judges Road, Checkendon, RG8 0SX
Received 16 Oct 2025Whitmore, Crabtree Corner, Ipsden, OX10 6BN
Received 15 Aug 202412 St Martins Street, Wallingford, OX10 0AL
Received 8 Sept 2025The Mill House, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7DG
Received 28 Sept 202017 Windmill Road, Towersey, OX9 3QQ
Received 4 Jun 202190 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1TG
Received 16 Feb 20232 Pine Close, Garsington, OX44 9BS
Received 7 Nov 20244 Pettiwell, Garsington, OX44 9DB
Received 10 Jun 2025Land to Rear of Greenwood Avenue, Chinnor, OX39 4HN
Received 9 Jun 2021Land to the rear of Cleeve Cottages, Ash Hurst, Goring-on-Thames, RG8 0DQ
Received 16 Apr 2021The Old Barn, Roke Far, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 4 Jan 202114 Hop Gardens, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2EH
Received 6 Jun 2024Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 30 Jun 2023Tanglewood, Bridle Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PR
Received 29 Mar 20216 Sunnyside Benson Wallingford OX10 6LZ
Received 9 Oct 2026Shiplake Lock, Mill Lane, Shiplake, RG9 3NA
Received 2 May 202545 Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HR
Received 29 Feb 2024Records 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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