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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.
8,064 approved · 874 refused · 616 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Horseshoe House, Stoke Talmage Road, Tetsworth, OX9 7BU
Received 22 Oct 2024Cobbs Farmhouse, High Street, North Moreton, OX11 9AT
Received 17 Jun 202431D High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 28 Oct 2024Woodlands Road, S/O 2 Baskerville Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9LS
Received 31 Mar 202535 Croft Road, Thame, OX9 3JF
Received 24 Mar 20217 Valley Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1RL
Received 5 Mar 2025Land adjacent to Cowley Substation, off Blackberry Lane, near Greater Leys, OX44 9NG
Received 25 Oct 2024Nunsacre, Brightwell Street, Brightwell cum Sotwell, Oxon, OX10 0RR
Received 2 Jan 202418 Churchill Close, Didcot, OX11 7BX
Received 13 Jun 2023Mounthill Farm, 19 High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AD
Received 13 May 2021Cornerstone Arts Centre, 25 Station Road, Didcot, OX11 7NE
Received 3 Feb 2025Land at Lime Tree Farm, Well Place Road, Ipsden, OX10 6RB
Received 27 May 2025Orchard Cottage, Old Nursery Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RB
Received 11 Jun 20241 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4DZ
Received 16 Aug 202316 Grimmer Way, Woodcote, RG8 0SN
Received 27 Nov 2023European School Thame Lane Culham Abingdon OX14 3DZ
Received 1 Apr 202655 & 57 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NF
Received 3 Mar 20265 Cuxham Road, Watlington, OX49 5JW
Received 21 Feb 2026Land opposite Penrose Barn by waterfront, High Street, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EQ
Received 8 Dec 2025Off Henley Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 4BJ
Received 22 Aug 2024Stow House, Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9AL
Received 25 Sept 2023Upper Thorpe Hagbourne Road Aston Upthorpe Didcot OX11 9EE
Received 10 Sept 2026Cornerways, Rokeby Drive, Tokers Green, RG4 9EN
Received 19 Sept 202539 West Hill House, West Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2ED
Received 23 Jun 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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