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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.
7,908 approved · 863 refused · 610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Hale Road, Benson Relief Road, Between sites BEN2 and BEN3/4, Benson
Received 22 Mar 202112 Ravenscroft Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2DH
Received 13 Jul 2021Land at Mount Hill Farm, near Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7BN
Received 7 Nov 2025Cliff Cottage, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7HJ
Received 26 Jun 2023Land at rear of 99 High Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0BW
Received 22 Sept 2025Road Running Through Pyrton, Pyrton, OX49 5AN
Received 21 Sept 2023Gorwell Cottage, 25 Gorwell, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5QB
Received 29 Jul 2024Unit 4 To 5, Queensford Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7PH
Received 13 Jan 202635 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LW
Received 5 Mar 2021Racquets, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7ER
Received 29 Jun 202115 Braken Road, Chinnor, OX39 4FU
Received 16 Sept 2024Makins Recreation Ground, Greys Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1TF
Received 16 Dec 2024Midgar, 23 Winterbrook Lane, Wallingford, OX10 9EH
Received 24 Sept 2024Apple Ash, Woodlands Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AB
Received 19 Apr 2024Reserve Site C, Thame
Received 24 Feb 2021Communal Land to the frontage of 69-77 The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EF
Received 11 Jul 2023Vine Lodge Peppard Common Henley-on-Thames RG9 5ER
Received 22 Jul 2026Kings Arms, Church Road, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4YB
Received 18 Feb 2026Home Close, 29 South End, Garsington, OX44 9DH
Received 1 Jul 2024Towse Court, Icknield Place, Goring, RG8 0DN
Received 21 May 2025Ambleside, Oxford Road, Tiddington, OX9 2LH
Received 19 Feb 2025Kings Arms, Church Road, Sandford-On-Thames, OX4 4YB
Received 2 Feb 2021Unit 25, Orchard Centre, Didcot, OX11 8RG
Received 13 Feb 2025Land at Crowell Road, Chinnor
Received 16 Jan 2025Records 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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