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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.
7,714 approved · 853 refused · 581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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3 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 3YS
Received 1 Aug 2023Elm Cottage, Hartslock Bridleway, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7QX
Received 4 Dec 2025The Watch Doctor, 44 Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 2DW
Received 25 Jun 2025Larch House, The Green, Nettlebed, RG9 5AX
Received 20 Aug 2025Towersey Manor, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 7 Jul 2025Church Cottage, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JP
Received 1 Mar 2021Little Hope Cottage, 59 Northfield End, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JJ
Received 30 Apr 202186 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 2BN
Received 21 Oct 2024Childwall House, Wallingford Road, North Moreton, OX11 9BA
Received 2 Apr 202437 Hammer Lane, Warborough, OX10 7DJ
Received 11 Mar 2026Dunwaten, Thame Road, Towersey, OX9 3QB
Received 2 Oct 2025Salthouse, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LW
Received 9 Apr 2021Existing base station at Henley Fire Station, West Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AG
Received 16 Dec 2025The Spinney, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RH
Received 27 May 2025Fairview, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BX
Received 30 Aug 2024Graveyard At Stoke Row Chapel, Road Running West Between Witheridge Hill And Main Street, Stoke Row, Henley-On-Thames
Received 17 Sept 2026OS Yukari, Butts Way, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SZ
Received 11 Jan 2024Land to the West of Wallingford (site B), Phase 2 Wallingford, Wallingford
Received 2 Dec 2022Northcote House, High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QF
Received 9 Apr 2024Lane End Cottage, Eastfield Lane, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7EJ
Received 27 Apr 2023Corner House, Hop Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EH
Received 17 Jan 2023151 Lydalls Road, Didcot, OX11 7EA
Received 24 Nov 2025Field Farm, Benson Road, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 25 Oct 2023Crossways, Woodlands Road, near Lower Shiplake, RG9 4AA
Received 25 Apr 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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