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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.
8,495 approved · 917 refused · 659 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
CS12719823_VF31332_17, South Moreton, OX11 9AA
Received 4 Dec 202451 Grove Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9RH
Received 18 Mar 202689 Queensway, Didcot, OX11 8LX
Received 16 Jul 2025Site Of Greys Lodge, Bolney Trevor Drive, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PG
Received 22 Apr 202183 Ilges Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9PA
Received 1 Nov 2022East Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, Oxon, OX14 4QH
Received 9 Mar 2023Land at Old Blackalls Drive, Wallingford Road, Cholsey, OX10 9HD
Received 25 Mar 202657 High Street, Thame, OX9 3AH
Received 4 Jan 202348 Northfield End, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2JN
Received 28 Oct 202071 Gainsborough Crescent, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TB
Received 11 Jan 2023Land west of Marley Lane, Marley Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7TF
Received 10 Dec 2020Lock End House, Mill Lane, Shiplake, RG9 3ND
Received 4 Jul 202426 Brookside, Watlington, OX49 5AQ
Received 25 Nov 2024Fornells, Middle Assendon, RG9 6AP
Received 3 Dec 2020Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 9 May 2025The Dower House, Stonor, RG9 6HE
Received 16 Nov 2023Wallingford Ad Facility, Benson Lane, Benson, Oxfordshire, OX10 6SQ
Received 15 Feb 20232 Church Close, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LP
Received 18 Feb 2026The Paddock, 45 West End, Cholsey, OX10 9LP
Received 14 May 2025Little Wren Cottage, Nolay Close, Ewelme, OX10 6HG
Received 29 Sept 2025St Marys Rectory, Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AU
Received 20 Feb 202514 Edwin Road Didcot OX11 8LE
Received 28 Sept 2026Wallingford School, St Georges Road, Wallingford, OX10 8HH
Received 24 Nov 2020Carinya, 12 St Helens Crescent, Benson, OX10 6RX
Received 22 Jan 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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