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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.
8,990 approved · 958 refused · 717 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Coach House, Harpsden, RG9 4AP
Received 10 Nov 2023Kenton Theatre, 19 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BS
Received 1 Oct 2024Roubartelle Abbas, High Street, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EQ
Received 22 Dec 2022The Barn House, 46 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EB
Received 15 Aug 202513 Loddon Drive, Didcot, OX11 7QA
Received 14 Oct 2020Ashmead, Bolney Trevor Drive, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PG
Received 23 Sept 202425 Thameside, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LJ
Received 3 Apr 2023The Old Dairy, Flowercroft Farm, Kings Farm Lane, Harpsden, RG9 4JG
Received 15 Jul 2025The Smile Practice, 200A Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8RN
Received 3 Apr 2023Milton Pools Fishery, near Milton Common, OX44 7JE
Received 9 Sept 2024The Old Barn, Tokers Green Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9EE
Received 27 Jul 2020Stonor Park, Stonor, RG9 6HF
Received 11 Jan 202132 Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 2DN
Received 30 Nov 2022Berewiche Barn, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JQ
Received 20 Sept 2023Land to rear of Slaymaker, Holton, OX33 1PR
Received 5 Mar 202618 Penpont Water, Didcot, OX11 7LR
Received 22 Jun 2021Riverturn Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, Oxon, OX14 4QQ
Received 22 Apr 2025Waterperry House, Waterperry Estate, Waterperry, OX33 1JY
Received 24 Oct 2022Hadden Hill Retail Park, Didcot, OX11 9DA
Received 16 Apr 202599 Lydalls Road Didcot OX11 7DT
Received 7 Sept 2026Forge Cottage, Long Wittenham Road, North Moreton, OX11 9AX
Received 10 Jul 2020Store, Lower Hill Farm, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DR
Received 25 Sept 2025Thame Fields (Reserve Site C), Thame
Received 3 Feb 2025Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons Church Road Great Milton Oxford OX44 7PD
Received 6 Jul 2026Records 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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