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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
9,699 approved · 1,006 refused · 774 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 The Green South, Warborough, OX10 7DR
Received 9 Nov 202293 High Street, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1XP
Received 2 Jul 2024Waterstone House, Burcot, OX14 3DN
Received 25 Apr 2024Lower Town Farm House, High Street, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EQ
Received 22 Apr 2023Cygnus House, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 12 May 202112 Abbott Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 8HU
Received 25 Feb 2020Spencers Cottage, Little Haseley, OX44 7LL
Received 27 Nov 202397 Old Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NX
Received 7 Apr 2026Verge by Abingdon Road / Broadway, Didcot, OX11 9BL
Received 18 Jun 202515 Westfield Road Benson Wallingford OX10 6NH
Received 2 Jun 20264 Triggs Mead, Benson, OX10 6FZ
Received 26 Mar 202553 Wood Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9ST
Received 25 Aug 20205 Cinnamon Close Chalgrove Oxford OX44 7QY
Received 29 Jun 2026Land to the rear of 98 Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QR
Received 16 Aug 20243 High Street, Thame, OX9 2BU
Received 30 May 2025The Pavilion, Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9AH
Received 21 May 20204 Town Farm Close, Thame, OX9 2DA
Received 2 Apr 2026Park Wall, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TB
Received 2 Nov 2020Shaws Field Farm, Chinnor Hill, Chinnor, OX39 4BS
Received 3 Feb 2021Land north of Crowell Road, Chinnor
Received 19 Dec 20252C Littleworth, Oxford, OX33 1TR
Received 1 Jul 2026Land to the south of Newnham Manor, Crowmarsh Gifford
Received 19 Dec 2016Broome House, Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JB
Received 26 Jun 2024Waitrose Ltd, Greyhound Lane, Thame, OX9 3ZD
Received 1 Dec 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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