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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.
8,784 approved · 941 refused · 696 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 River View, Sandford-On-Thames, OX4 4YF
Received 7 Jun 2021Holloway Farm, Church Hill, Milton Common, OX33 1GX
Received 24 Mar 202620 The Croft, Didcot, OX11 8HR
Received 11 Mar 2024Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 7 Jan 2025Dunsden Green Farm Office, off Church Lane, Dunsden Green, RG4 9QD
Received 20 Jul 202315 St Helens Avenue, Benson, Oxon, OX10 6RY
Received 4 Jul 202440 Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
Received 27 Feb 2024Elizabeth Cottage, Croft Road, Goring on Thames, Oxon, RG8 9ES
Received 24 Feb 202140 The Willows, Ayelsbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AW
Received 3 Jul 202530 Luker Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EU
Received 22 Mar 2025Spindletrees, Back Way, Great Haseley, Oxford, OX44 7JP
Received 12 Nov 20251 Lower Wharf, Wallingford, OX10 9AA
Received 5 Nov 2025Pilgrim Cottage, Path Hill, Goring Heath, RG8 7RE
Received 2 Feb 202618 Churchill Close, Didcot, OX11 7BX
Received 30 Oct 2025Monarchs Court 8 High Street Benson OX10 6ST
Received 7 May 2026Braziers Park College, Ipsden, OX10 6AN
Received 10 Jul 2024Land at Lady Grove, Didcot, OX11 9BP
Received 24 May 2023Land west of Marley Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7TF
Received 19 Aug 2025Cornerstone Cottage, 1 St Peters Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BQ
Received 23 Feb 2021Land to the north of nos 1 & 2 Spinney Cottages, Waterperry Estate, Waterperry, OX33 1JY
Received 15 May 2023Morland House, Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4QA
Received 20 May 202527 Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED
Received 16 Oct 2020Manor Farm, Henton, OX39 4AE
Received 21 Feb 20234 Market Place Mews, Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 30 Sept 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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