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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
9,625 approved · 1,000 refused · 771 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Elm Cottage, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LW
Received 26 Nov 2025Avon House, 82 Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3BN
Received 21 Aug 2025Cappaslade Cottage, Access Road From Sotwell Street To Cappaslade Cottage, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RQ
Received 31 Jan 2024Kate's Cottage, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 16 Sept 20203 Medlock Grove, Ladygrove, Didcot, OX11 7XY
Received 20 Jun 20251 Lime Grove, Chinnor, OX39 4PN
Received 21 Aug 2024Henton Manor, New Close Farm Road, Henton, OX39 4AJ
Received 24 Feb 202129 Papist Way, Cholsey, OX10 9LL
Received 28 Aug 2024Ash Farm, Upper Bolney Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AQ
Received 11 Mar 2020Site Of Strathdene, West End, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RU
Received 18 Jul 202582 Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 11 Jul 2024Glebe Retreat 129 Cuddesdon Road Horspath Oxford OX33 1JB
Received 29 Jun 202643 Kings Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2DW
Received 19 Apr 202176 Papist Way, Cholsey, OX10 9QJ
Received 17 Oct 2022Three Lands Cottage, Chalford Road, Postcombe, OX9 7EB
Received 25 Sept 2023100 Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QR
Received 18 May 202318 Burdock Spur, Didcot, OX11 6GU
Received 15 Oct 20205 Cuddesdon Road Horspath Oxford OX33 1JF
Received 21 Aug 2026Church View, Tokers Green Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9AY
Received 19 Mar 2026Thames Bank South, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, Oxon, RG8 7DB
Received 19 Feb 202141 Breame Oak Drive, Wheatley, OX33 1FF
Received 2 Feb 2026Daf Trucks Ltd, Kingsmead Business Park, Eastern Bypass, Thame, OX9 3FB
Received 14 Dec 2020Highcroft, Phase 1 (Plots 1 -125), Land to the west of Wallingford, Wallingford
Received 19 Aug 202037 Mill Lane Benson Wallingford OX10 6SA
Received 21 Jul 2026Records 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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