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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.
7,732 approved · 853 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Field off South Stoke Road, near Woodcote
Received 28 Mar 2024Fairfield, River Lane, Goring, RG8 9EE
Received 2 Mar 2023Summer Hill, York Road, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NH
Received 31 Jul 202342 Vane Road, Thame, OX9 3WF
Received 24 May 2021Lamorna, 4 New Road, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5QS
Received 21 Feb 2024The Grange, The Street, North Stoke, OX10 6BL
Received 4 Nov 20241 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0EG
Received 12 Jul 2021Little Sparrows, Sonning Common
Received 19 Jun 202351 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1RG
Received 29 Apr 2021Land adjacent to Park Meadow Farmhouse Thame Park Road Thame OX9 3PJ
Received 11 Aug 2026Merrifields, Peppard Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NF
Received 8 Dec 2023MBNL WE, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BT
Received 9 Jul 2025Woodwax House, Binfield Heath, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4DR
Received 18 Aug 2026Mariot Court, Goldsmiths Lane, Wallingford, OX10 0XD
Received 1 Feb 2023Beech Cottage, Burcot, OX14 3DJ
Received 31 Jul 2025The Wheat Barn, West of the Priory, Britwell Salome
Received 18 Dec 2024Harlesford Farm, near Tetsworth, OX9 7BX
Received 17 Jan 2023BT Cabinet 17, S/O Owlswood Horsepond Road, Cane End, RG4 9HJ
Received 27 Aug 2025The Old Stables at Pond Farm, Blackmore Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9NU
Received 5 Mar 202113 Saunders Close Watlington OX49 5QY
Received 22 Jun 2026Timbers, Goring Heath Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7NU
Received 22 Sept 2025Cholsey Meadows, Reading Road, Cholsey, OX10 9HH
Received 2 Jul 2025Manor Farm Cottage, Chinnor Hill, OX39 4BQ
Received 23 Apr 2024Thatchings, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 10 May 2023Records 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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