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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.
7,457 approved · 839 refused · 566 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 10 Jul 202537 Manor Road, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7EU
Received 20 Sept 2023Berins Hill Cottage, Berins Hill, Ipsden, OX10 6QX
Received 7 Sept 202321 Priest Close, Nettlebed, RG9 5AS
Received 14 Mar 202428 Thameside, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LJ
Received 26 Sept 2024Saffron House, Parsons Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 27 Feb 2024New House Kingfishers, Willingtons Barn, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 2 May 2024Western Plot at Land off Rycote Lane Thame OX9 2BY
Received 23 Jul 2026153 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DD
Received 27 Jul 2023The Crown, Pishill, RG9 6HH
Received 28 Nov 202326 Upper High Street Thame OX9 3EX
Received 3 Jul 2026Wantage Road SW, Near JCN of Holly Lane/Hazel Gardens, Didcot, OX11 6DF
Received 29 Apr 2025Longleat, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BU
Received 28 Feb 202515 Vicarage Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1HF
Received 3 Feb 202359 Henley Road Shillingford Wallingford OX10 7EG
Received 10 Mar 2026Communal Green, Ancastle Green, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TS
Received 25 Sept 2024Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 17 Aug 2023Beavers Lodge, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LN
Received 20 Jun 2023Land at Willows Reach, Mill Lane, Shiplake, RG9 3LY
Received 19 Sept 202413 Chestnut Place, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5RY
Received 6 Feb 2024Red Kite House, Howbery Park, near Crowamarsh, OX10 8BD
Received 26 Mar 2024Home Farm Cottage, Church Lane, Pyrton, OX49 5AW
Received 15 Jul 2021The Fables, Bix, RG9 6DB
Received 8 Mar 2023Post Office, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, Didcot, OX11 9DD
Received 16 Mar 2026Records 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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