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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Oxfordshire District Council. Also known as SODC.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Oxfordshire website
9,182 approved · 978 refused · 738 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coates Farm, Coates Lane, Swyncombe, near Watlington, OX49 5AA
Received 21 Aug 2023The Lemon Tree, 1A Kings Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2DW
Received 13 Mar 202310 Hobbs End, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1RT
Received 6 Aug 202044 Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AW
Received 24 Feb 2021Cala Homes Phase 6, Willington Down, Land at North East Didcot
Received 18 Jul 2024The White Cottage, Little Wittenham, Oxon, OX14 4RA
Received 23 Jan 2023The Gatehouse, Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, Oxon, RG9 5JD
Received 18 Dec 2024Lingwood, 65 Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0HL
Received 6 Mar 20253 Lakeside, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TX
Received 14 Jun 2023Cloud Cottage, 64 The Green South, Warborough, OX10 7DN
Received 4 Jul 20243 Elmcroft, Goring, RG8 9EU
Received 4 Nov 2020Dove Tree Cottage, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 19 Sept 2025Wood Lane Sonning Common South Oxfordshire, RG4 9SJ
Received 16 Jul 2026Castle Priory, Thames Street, Wallingford, OX10 0HD
Received 21 Mar 2023Land to the east of Crest Estate, Stoke Row, RG9 5RB
Received 23 Jan 2024Hill Barn, Hailey, OX10 6AD
Received 4 Jan 2021Blackbarn Farm, Church Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6AE
Received 22 May 2024European School, Thame Lane, Culham, OX14 3DZ
Received 12 Jun 2025Three Gables Cottage, Aston Hill, near Aston Rowant, OX49 5SG
Received 4 Mar 2021The Old Forge, Pyrton, Watlington, OX49 5AP
Received 18 Jan 2024Gatehampton Farm, Gatehampton Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 9LU
Received 26 May 202024 East Street, Didcot, OX11 8EJ
Received 29 Jun 2020Chestnut Gardens, 42 Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9SU
Received 27 May 2021Claremont, Fairfield Road, Goring, RG8 0EU
Received 7 Aug 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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