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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.
8,688 approved · 937 refused · 679 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Caversham Heath Golf Club, near Chazey Heath, RG4 7UT
Received 21 Nov 2022Land between A34 Milton Interchange, and B4015 north of Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Received 31 Aug 20236 Bridle Path, Woodcote, RG8 0SE
Received 28 Mar 2024Oldfield House, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BX
Received 22 Oct 2024Santannas Place, Watlington Road, Stadhampton, OX44 7UQ
Received 23 May 2023Croft House, Kingwood Common, Kingwood, RG9 5NB
Received 10 Mar 2021Land known as Field Adjacent to Burial Ground Driveway, off B4526 Reading Road, Goring, RG8 0LL
Received 14 Aug 2025Lucys Farm Barns, Harpsden Road, Harpsden, RG9 4HN
Received 4 Aug 20236 Webster Close, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3TU
Received 6 Dec 2022Brookside, Brook Street, Benson, Oxon, OX10 6LJ
Received 28 Apr 2023Lower Farm, Denton, OX44 9JL
Received 24 May 2021Tirrold Barn, 1 Lower Ham Yard, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9GX
Received 6 Mar 20231 Church Meadow, Watlington, OX49 5AG
Received 18 Jul 2023Ivy Cottage, Green Lane, Berrick Salome, Wallingford, OX10 6JW
Received 30 Mar 2026Sandy Acre, Woodperry Road, Beckley, OX3 9UY
Received 24 Jul 2025Land between Kingswood and Little Frogs, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JJ
Received 10 Jul 2023Willow House, Holton, OX33 1PS
Received 3 Jan 202410 Davenport Place, Watlington, OX49 5QA
Received 15 Apr 2021Craig End, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QD
Received 3 May 20242 Quarry Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JW
Received 2 Jul 2024Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 17 Nov 2025Orchard House, Moreton Road, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EF
Received 5 Dec 2025Duck Cottage, Waterperry, OX33 1LB
Received 27 Apr 2021Morris Cottage, 1 Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1DZ
Received 19 Oct 2020Records 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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