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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
9,664 approved · 1,003 refused · 772 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Beech Road, Thame, OX9 2AL
Received 6 Jul 2020Winona Sonning Eye Reading RG4 6TN
Received 11 Aug 2026Lime Tree House, Mackney Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SJ
Received 31 Jul 2025Well House, Crowsley, RG9 4JL
Received 23 Nov 202316 Thame Lane, Culham, OX14 3DS
Received 17 Feb 2025Land adjacent to Cowley National Grid Substation, Oxford, Grenoble Road, near Greater Leys
Received 8 Feb 2023Maple House, Binfield Heath, RG9 4LE
Received 11 Jan 2021Lucy Switchgear, Howland Road, Thame, OX9 3UJ
Received 16 Oct 2023Henley Bridge - Public Footway, AKA - Henley Regatta Bridge, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2LY
Received 30 Oct 20208 Lycroft Close, Goring, RG8 0AT
Received 4 Nov 202250 Essex Way, Sonning Common, RG4 9RG
Received 30 Mar 2023United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Campus, near Culham, OX14 3DB
Received 9 Dec 2025Cygnus House, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 19 Nov 2025Land at corner of High Street and Stoke Talmage Road, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7BY
Received 7 Sept 2023Almondbury, Shepherds Green, RG9 4QR
Received 22 Jul 20255-7 Thames Street, Wallingford, OX10 0HD
Received 16 Jul 202161 Valley Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1RL
Received 31 Oct 2024Riverbank opposite the Willow Marina, Land east of Lashbrook House, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LS
Received 21 Oct 2020Hadden Grove, Didcot, OX11 9BZ
Received 23 Nov 2025Land adjacent no. 1 Sandy Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9PY
Received 27 Mar 2025The Mill House, Mill Lane, South Moreton, OX11 9AJ
Received 9 Nov 202311 Grove Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9RH
Received 14 Dec 2023Cir Mhor, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, RG8 0PL
Received 8 Dec 202210 Kennedy Crescent, Cholsey, OX10 9QZ
Received 9 Jun 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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