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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.
8,886 approved · 948 refused · 708 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Battle Farm Elvendon Road Goring Reading RG8 0LP
Received 24 Sept 202640 Sutherland Beck, Didcot, OX11 7FF
Received 26 Mar 20259 Norman Avenue Henley-on-thames RG9 1SG
Received 2 Jun 2026Carpenters Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QJ
Received 1 May 2025The Old Orchard, 5A The Green North, Warborough, OX10 7DW
Received 30 Sept 2020Mulberry Cottage, 44 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 17 Apr 2023Gibbs & Dandy Plc, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AS
Received 20 Mar 202617 Hazelton Close, Thame, Oxon, OX9 2EB
Received 31 Oct 202232 Bell Street, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 2BG
Received 11 Jun 2024The Boathouse, High Street, Goring, RG8 9AB
Received 2 Jul 2021Fair Beeches, Burcot, OX14 3DJ
Received 23 Apr 2021Amberley, 26 Lambridge Wood Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 3BS
Received 1 Mar 2021Ferndale House, High Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SJ
Received 23 Apr 2024Vears Farm, Brookstones, Sydenham, OX39 4LY
Received 20 Jun 2025Oakwood, 106 Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DR
Received 17 Sept 2025Mulberry House, 33A Winterbrook, Wallingford, OX10 9EB
Received 22 Jan 2024o/s Culham Community, The Glebe, Culham, OX14 4ND
Received 20 Oct 2023Newnham Hill Farm, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TP
Received 13 Aug 2025The Crows Nest, Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JP
Received 4 Jun 2025Gatehampton Manor Gatehampton Road Goring Reading RG8 9LU
Received 6 Aug 2026Duck Cottage, Road Running Through Waterperry, Waterperry, OX33 1LB
Received 15 Mar 2021Brindles, Bridle Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PR
Received 22 Nov 2023College Farm House, Chapel Lane, Benson, OX10 6LU
Received 12 Jul 202126 Watlington Road, Benson, OX10 6LS
Received 19 May 2025Records 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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