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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Oxfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,385 approved · 836 refused · 562 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Blackthorn Road, Didcot, OX11 6AY
Received 23 Jun 2025Field Cottage, 17-19 Church Road, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4XZ
Received 24 Mar 2025Lark Rise, Bayswater Road, near Barton, OX3 9RZ
Received 13 Feb 2023Breach Park Farm Halfpenny Lane Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9JN
Received 25 Sept 202660 Station Road Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9PX
Received 8 Jun 2026St Nicholas CE Primary School, Land west of Wallingford (Site B), Wallingford
Received 6 Nov 2024Chaise House, 67 The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EF
Received 18 Jan 2024Workshops to the rear of New Inn Court, Beckley, OX3 9TY
Received 20 Apr 20211 St Rualds Close, Wallingford, OX10 0XE
Received 3 Jan 2024White Lea 1 Plowden Park Aston Rowant Watlington OX49 5SX
Received 1 Oct 202620 Shirburn Street, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5BT
Received 12 Oct 2023Bix Manor, Bix, RG9 4RS
Received 14 Nov 2023Hillview Cottage, High Street, Little Milton, OX44 7PU
Received 24 May 2023Ten Acre Farm, New Inn Road, Beckley, OX3 9SS
Received 25 Mar 20248 Chestnut Avenue, Thame, OX9 2AP
Received 27 May 2021Whiteacres, Wheatley Road, Garsington, OX44 9DU
Received 28 Sept 2023Elm Close High Street Long Wittenham Abingdon OX14 4QQ
Received 1 May 202620 Greenmore, Woodcote, RG8 0RG
Received 24 Jun 2024147 Kynaston Road, Didcot, OX11 8HB
Received 24 Mar 2021Anderson House, Newtown Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HG
Received 1 Nov 2022Park Grange Farm, Thame Park Road, Thame, OX9 3PW
Received 6 Apr 2021Land adjacent to the Bottle And Glass Inn, Bones Lane, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JT
Received 20 Aug 202443A Wood Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9SJ
Received 28 May 202538 The Cedars, Benson, OX10 6LL
Received 26 May 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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