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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.
8,075 approved · 876 refused · 617 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
St Lucians, Lower Wharf, Wallingford, OX10 9AA
Received 9 Feb 2024Emmanuel Ranch, Windmill Road, Towersey, OX9 3QH
Received 9 Feb 2026109 High Street, Thame, OX9 3DZ
Received 2 Jan 2025Land outside of 18 Hawthorn Close Wallingford OX10 0SY
Received 16 Sept 20262 The Old Vicarage, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9DR
Received 29 Sept 2023Dutch Barn, Valley Farm, near Bix, RG9 6BJ
Received 10 Oct 2023Arbour Rise, Bell Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QE
Received 28 Jan 2026Park Grange Farm, Thame Park Road, Thame, OX9 3PW
Received 22 Jan 2021Various sites around Thame, Thame OX9
Received 22 Apr 2024Land known as St Andrew's Field, Holton, Oxon
Received 8 Aug 2024Land rear of 59-63 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 21 Dec 2020Phase 4A Willowbrook Park, North East Didcot
Received 5 Dec 2024The Bull, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NS
Received 7 Sept 202349 Blandy Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QB
Received 23 Oct 202514 Barnes Road, Didcot, OX11 8JL
Received 2 Jan 2024Hunts Farm House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 9 Feb 2021Harlesford Farm, Tetsworth, OX9 7BX
Received 27 Mar 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange, and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 24 Nov 2025The White House, Albury View, Tiddington, OX9 2NB
Received 12 Aug 2024The Orchard, Oxford Road, Tiddington, OX9 2LH
Received 19 Nov 2024Manor Barn, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DJ
Received 27 Jan 2021Burcot Farm, near Burcot, OX14 3GW
Received 6 Mar 2026Drovers Farm, Henton, OX39 4AP
Received 20 May 2024The Mill at Sonning (Theatre) Ltd, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TY
Received 7 Apr 2021Records 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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