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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
9,245 approved · 984 refused · 744 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Street Store, West Street, Henley-on-Thames
Received 26 Aug 20258 Heron Shaw, Goring, RG8 0AU
Received 11 Aug 2025The Old Vicarage, Church Hill, Little Milton, OX44 7QB
Received 23 Sept 20203 Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BT
Received 3 Jul 2020Crowsley Park, BBC Monitoring Station Sonning Common Road Crowsley Henley-on-Thames RG9 4JJ
Received 11 Sept 2026Ivy Farm, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0ND
Received 25 Jul 202537 Old London Road, Benson, OX10 6RR
Received 17 Oct 202244 Newnham Green Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford OX10 8EP
Received 17 Jun 20265 Cavendish Walk, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3YR
Received 14 Apr 202115 Brendon Close, Didcot, OX11 7TT
Received 15 Apr 20212 Queen Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HR
Received 6 Jul 2023North Weston Farm, North Weston, OX9 2HA
Received 7 Mar 202417 Wilding Road Wallingford OX10 8AG
Received 9 Apr 202642 Vane Road, Thame, OX9 3WF
Received 2 Jun 2021Land North of Rycote Lane, near Thame, OX9 2BY
Received 29 Mar 2021Copse Hill, Greys Green, RG9 4QQ
Received 6 Mar 202519 Beech Rise, Sonning Common, RG4 9TJ
Received 30 Mar 2026Manor House, Church Hill, Little Milton, OX44 7QB
Received 29 Oct 20246 Hazel Gardens, Didcot, OX11 6DF
Received 25 Jan 202414 Oakdene, Woodcote, RG8 0RQ
Received 7 Mar 2025Maple Court High Street North Moreton Didcot OX11 9AT
Received 23 Jun 2026The Coach House, Harpsden, RG9 4AP
Received 10 Jun 2021The Berin Centre, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7LZ
Received 19 Jun 2025Westray, Park Corner, RG9 6DR
Received 7 Jun 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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