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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9,182 approved · 978 refused · 738 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED
Received 29 Jul 2024Cat Lane House, Cat Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HX
Received 3 Feb 2025Manor Paddock, Colliers Lane, Peppard Common, RG9 5LT
Received 6 Apr 20232 The Kings Pool, Parsons Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 28 Jun 2023Mounthill Farm, 19 High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AD
Received 9 May 2024Cranford House School, Moulsford, OX10 9HT
Received 4 Dec 2023Henley Railway Station Car Park, Station Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1AY
Received 7 Jun 202151 Luker Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EY
Received 29 Oct 20241 The Old Vicarage, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9DR
Received 19 Feb 202620 Orchard Way, Chinnor, OX39 4UD
Received 19 Oct 202225 Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford, OX10 0PG
Received 10 Sept 2024Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire
Received 20 Nov 2024Rectory Pavilion, Chinnor Rugby Club, Kingsey Road, Thame, OX9 3JL
Received 10 Oct 2023Howe Combe Farm, Howe Road, near Howe Hill, OX49 5EY
Received 28 May 2020The Bungalow, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 25 Apr 2023Land to the west of 12 Highmoor Cross, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DP
Received 7 Jun 2023Betts Farmhouse, Church Hill, Little Milton, OX44 7QB
Received 26 Apr 2021Oxford Harlequins R F C, Horspath Road, between Cowley and Horspath, OX4 2RR
Received 3 Jun 2021Benson C of E Primary School, Oxford Road, Benson, Oxon, OX10 6LX
Received 7 Nov 20231 Old School Green, Nettlebed, RG9 5AY
Received 11 Aug 2020Britwell House, Britwell Salome, OX49 5LJ
Received 26 Jan 2024Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 11 Apr 2024The Cornstore, West Hagbourne, OX11 0FE
Received 15 Jun 2023Loppings, 55 Gatehampton Road, Goring, RG8 0EN
Received 3 Jan 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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