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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.
8,461 approved · 912 refused · 657 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Beckley Close, Woodcote, RG8 0SZ
Received 16 May 2023Little Hatch Stables, Park Corner, RG9 6DX
Received 11 Jun 2025Marsh Baldon C Of E Primary School, The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LJ
Received 20 Aug 2025Appletree Cottage, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DQ
Received 11 Jul 20236 Hunt Road, Thame, OX9 3LG
Received 15 May 202514 Mill Lane, Great Haseley, OX44 7JU
Received 2 Oct 2023Little Baldon Farm, Little Baldon, OX44 9PU
Received 10 Mar 20269 Wootton Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QD
Received 16 Jul 2024Uplands Cottage, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HH
Received 11 Apr 2025Berewiche Barn, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JQ
Received 24 Feb 2025Brabham House, 85B Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0HL
Received 23 Sept 2024Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool, Culham Science Centre, near Culham, OX14 3DB
Received 9 Jan 20251 Arrowfield Cottages, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QB
Received 23 Dec 2024Laurel Cottage, 15 Silver Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AR
Received 5 Dec 2025Land to the rear of 4 & 6 Woodlands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TE
Received 9 Jun 2021Downscroft, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DD
Received 11 Dec 2020Windmill House, 5 Parkside, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TX
Received 12 May 2023Rotherfield Greys Village Hall, Greys Green, RG9 4QG
Received 5 Mar 2021Paddock Lodge, The Paddock, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 12 Feb 2024Land west of Hale Road, Benson
Received 18 Sept 2024Rustlings, Springwood Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JJ
Received 8 Jul 2021Upper Gatehampton House, Gatehampton Road, Goring, RG8 9LT
Received 22 Nov 2022Essex Way, Sonning Common, Oxon
Received 29 Mar 2021Greys House, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QD
Received 21 Feb 2024Records 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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