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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.
8,533 approved · 920 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Ladygrove East, Didcot
Received 23 Dec 2024Home Farm, Pyrton, OX49 5AP
Received 25 Oct 2022Wellsprings Orchard Wellsprings Brightwell-cum-sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RN
Received 6 Jun 2026Orchard House Aston Upthorpe Didcot OX11 9EF
Received 24 Aug 2026Honey Cottage School Lane Stadhampton Oxford OX44 7TR
Received 5 Oct 2026Peggs Farm, Peggs Farm Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7LF
Received 26 Mar 2021The Acorns Elvendon Road Goring Reading RG8 0DT
Received 28 Sept 2026Coggins Cottage, Stoke Row, Oxon, RG9 5PL
Received 1 Feb 20211 Wallingford Road, North Stoke, OX10 6BE
Received 18 Feb 2025Abbots Farm, Greenfield, OX49 5HJ
Received 24 Mar 2021The Main House, Watlington Park, near Watlington, OX49 5HH
Received 2 Jul 2024Collegewood Barn, Cane End, RG4 9HH
Received 7 Oct 202020 Grey Friar Didcot OX11 9RX
Received 23 Apr 202620 Langley Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7SZ
Received 5 Oct 2023Land to the West of Windmill Road, Thame
Received 18 Mar 2026Rosslyn, Green Lane, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JW
Received 25 Nov 202532 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JT
Received 1 Oct 20258 Moreton Road, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EP
Received 29 Jan 2021Land west of Main Avenue, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 8 Dec 2022Lower Manor Farm 10 Blewbury Road East Hagbourne Didcot OX11 9LF
Received 15 Jul 2026Newells Farm Stadhampton Oxford OX44 7XJ
Received 6 Jul 202629-31 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA
Received 12 Feb 2025Land adjacent to Cowley Substation, near Greater Leys, OX44 9NG
Received 18 Nov 2025Old Dairy, Henton, OX39 4AH
Received 27 Jun 2023Records 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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