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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9,245 approved · 984 refused · 744 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Massey Road, Thame, OX9 3EN
Received 10 Oct 2023Nearwood, 19 Lambridge Wood Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 3BP
Received 4 Jan 202418 Newfield Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TB
Received 2 Mar 202611 Makins Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1PU
Received 25 Sept 2020Tetsworth Barn, Judds Lane, Tetsworth, OX9 7BN
Received 25 Apr 2023The House On The Corner, 2C Hagbourne Road, Didcot, OX11 8DH
Received 12 Oct 2025Land North East of Didcot, Didcot, OX11 7SB
Received 28 Jul 202324 St Marks Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 10 May 2021Albury Grange, Albury, OX9 2LP
Received 4 Oct 2023Stables, Wyfold Lane, Wyfold, RG9 5LR
Received 18 Sept 2020South Stoke Community Shop, Cross Keys Road, South Stoke, RG8 0JT
Received 12 Jul 2021The Gables, Pleck Lane, Kingston Blount, OX39 4RU
Received 2 Sept 2025Land off Cuxham Road, Watlington
Received 23 Feb 20237 Sedgewell Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TA
Received 16 May 2023Old Farm House, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 3 Mar 20251 Fonthill, Hop Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EH
Received 1 Dec 2022Ouseley Barn Farm, Bottom Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6AR
Received 10 Oct 20242 Norries Drive, Wallingford, OX10 8JS
Received 31 Mar 202614 Badgers Walk, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JQ
Received 4 Jan 2024Covert Cottage, Hill Bottom, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PT
Received 18 Apr 2023Brook Cottage, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 28 Oct 2022177 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DH
Received 11 Apr 2023Bellwood House, 57 Lower Road, Chinnor, OX39 4DU
Received 26 Mar 202149 Chiltern Crescent, Wallingford, OX10 0PG
Received 29 Jan 2025Records 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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