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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9,664 approved · 1,003 refused · 772 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Court Gardens, Cleeve Road, Goring, RG8 9BZ
Received 14 Oct 2025The Barn House, Woodeaton, OX3 9TN
Received 1 Oct 2020Forget Me Not Farm, Northend Road, near Christmas Common, OX49 5HW
Received 31 Mar 2025Daf Trucks Ltd, Eastern Bypass, Thame, OX9 2FB
Received 18 Jun 2021The Cobbs, Upperton, OX49 5NY
Received 12 Feb 2025Magnolia Cottage, Northfield End, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JN
Received 17 May 2021Soccoro, Tokers Green Lane, Tokers Green, RG4 9EB
Received 3 Jul 2020The Highlands, High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QX
Received 20 Feb 2026Huntswood House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 16 Dec 20228 Lime Grove, Chinnor, OX39 4PN
Received 2 Apr 20241 Alma Green, Stoke Row, RG9 5PB
Received 12 Feb 20215 Cuddesdon Close, Woodcote, RG8 0SH
Received 13 Apr 2023Land North of Littleworth Road, Benson
Received 7 Oct 2020Lidl, Lupton Road, Wallingford, OX10 9BS
Received 8 Jun 202022 Marmion Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1DG
Received 25 Apr 2024Hadden Hill Retail Park, Didcot, OX11 9DA
Received 5 Dec 2023Langdale, 2 Church Lane, Towersey, OX9 3QL
Received 5 Apr 2023Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 1 Feb 20242-3 Old Buildings, Wallingford, OX10 0BA
Received 28 Jul 2020Land South of Bolney Lane & East of Reading Road Shiplake
Received 2 Apr 202618 White Hart Close, Benson, OX10 6NX
Received 25 Jul 2023The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LP
Received 30 Oct 202318 Pauls Way, Watlington, OX49 5QX
Received 30 Jun 2023167 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TE
Received 27 Apr 2023Records 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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