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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
9,536 approved · 996 refused · 763 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Trees, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9BB
Received 24 Jul 2023Edlins, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EF
Received 27 Aug 2024Land to the east of Manor Road to the south of Little Croft, Manor Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 9EJ
Received 20 Jan 2026125 High Street, Chalgrove, OX44 7SS
Received 5 Jun 202318 Nuns Acre, Goring, RG8 9BE
Received 2 Oct 2023Mount Hill Farm, 19 High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AD
Received 3 Mar 2020Thame Fields (Reserve Site C), Thame
Received 5 Jul 2023Owl Dene, Mill Road, Goring, RG8 9DD
Received 20 May 2020Lovegroves Farmhouse, Lovegroves Lane, near Checkendon, RG8 0NE
Received 17 Jun 2024Land west of Main Avenue, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 1 Aug 2023Ivy Cottage High Street Little Milton Oxford OX44 7PU
Received 8 Sept 2026Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve Carpark, Sunken Way Walk, near Lewknor, OX49 5SG
Received 18 Dec 2023Post Office, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DD
Received 20 Jan 202622 Nelson Street, Thame, OX9 2DP
Received 12 Sept 20255 Abingdon Road Didcot OX11 9BL
Received 17 Apr 2026Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Watington
Received 23 Feb 202389 Ilges Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9PA
Received 10 Sept 202012 Bartone Place, Thame, OX9 3ED
Received 23 Jan 2024Land to the south Foxhill Close, Playhatch
Received 20 Mar 2020The Millers Cottage, Pack And Prime Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TT
Received 23 Jun 2025Garsons Farm, Garsons Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6QU
Received 20 Oct 20255 The Row, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5NZ
Received 15 Jan 2024Hallmark House, Station Road, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1AY
Received 26 May 2021Warren Cottage, Nuffield Lane, near Nuffield, OX10 6QN
Received 17 Oct 2022Records 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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