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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
9,582 approved · 997 refused · 766 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
24 Couching Street, Watlington, OX49 5QQ
Received 26 Nov 2025Road Running Through Pyrton, Pyrton, OX49 5AN
Received 5 May 2023Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 14 Jan 20262 Raven Road, Didcot, OX11 6DT
Received 10 Nov 2023Sonning Weir, Sonning Eye, Oxon
Received 6 Oct 2020Bishop Court Farm, 93 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HP
Received 26 Mar 202474 Northfield End, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2JN
Received 1 Nov 2023125 Lydalls Road, Didcot, OX11 7EA
Received 12 Feb 2024Holliers Cottage, 2 Holliers Close, Sydenham, OX39 4NG
Received 1 Feb 2021Barum, Lashbrook Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NX
Received 18 Mar 2025Melhuish Farm, Wallingford Road, North Moreton, OX11 9BA
Received 18 May 2021Redroof, Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3RF
Received 19 Jun 202029-31 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA
Received 3 Oct 2024The Manor House, 26 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XX
Received 20 Apr 202326 Deanfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UG
Received 15 Aug 2023Land at corner of Mill Road and Crowsley Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LP
Received 29 Mar 20234 Hill Road, Lewknor, OX49 5TS
Received 9 May 2025John Watson School, Steve Drywood Building, Wheatley Park Campus, Holton, OX33 1QH
Received 17 Dec 202014 Glyme Drive, Berinsfield, OX10 7PD
Received 20 Mar 2024Downlands, 13 Glebe Close, Moulsford, OX10 9JA
Received 13 Nov 2025Harewood House, Road Between Whitehall Lane And Judges Road, Checkendon, RG8 0SU
Received 21 May 2025Summer Cottage, Cane End, RG4 9HG
Received 7 Jan 2025Street Record, Farm Close, Sonning Common, RG4 9LF
Received 22 Mar 2024New Inn House, Shiplake Row, Binfield Heath, RG9 4DP
Received 14 Oct 2024Records 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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