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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.
9,028 approved · 962 refused · 720 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5A Hagbourne Road, Didcot, OX11 8DP
Received 5 Aug 202421 Ingrebourne Way, Didcot, OX11 7UP
Received 12 Jan 202445 Brinkinfield Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7QX
Received 27 Oct 2025117 Lydalls Road, Didcot, OX11 7EA
Received 19 Sept 2023Henley College, Rotherfield Campus Pack and Prime Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TZ
Received 10 Jul 2025Land south of Hardwick Road, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7HL
Received 6 Oct 2025Willow House, Holton, OX33 1PS
Received 6 Sept 202319 Hamilton Avenue Henley-on-thames RG9 1SH
Received 28 Sept 2026Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 16 Oct 2023Blackstone House, Bakers Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PX
Received 21 May 2024Mill & Marsh Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BF
Received 24 Feb 2023Watlington Hill Farm, Land At Hill Farm, Hill Road, near Watlington, OX49 5HR
Received 20 Sept 20233 Marston Road, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3YF
Received 17 Oct 20232 Brook Lane, Thame, OX9 2EG
Received 30 May 2024Chislehurst, Hithercroft, South Moreton, OX11 9AL
Received 20 Oct 2020The Pothole, Eastfield Lane, Goring Heath, RG8 7ST
Received 10 Sept 202517 Wood Street, Wallingford, OX10 0AX
Received 31 Jan 20234 The Malsters Cottages, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QF
Received 14 Oct 2025Bellevue House, 42 High Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5DD
Received 14 Feb 2024Slade West, Track Running South East From Slade End For 200m, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RQ
Received 20 Nov 2023The Cottage, Park Lane, Cane End, RG4 9HP
Received 24 Jan 20249 Friday Street, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1AN
Received 4 Jan 20235 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HP
Received 22 Feb 2021Ruperts Bell, 4 Northfield End, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2HN
Received 7 Jul 2021Records 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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