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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9,699 approved · 1,006 refused · 774 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
45 Orwell Drive, Didcot, OX11 7RX
Received 25 May 2021Tanners Cottage, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DR
Received 12 Aug 2020Arden House, 2A Ilges Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NX
Received 31 Aug 20206 Ashridge, Chinnor, OX39 4JU
Received 1 Dec 20205 Benares Grove, Stoke Row, RG9 5QN
Received 24 Sept 2020Land south of A4130, Didcot
Received 16 Jun 2020Building B24 Culham Campus Abingdon OX14 3DB
Received 18 Jun 202618 Singers Close, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 1HD
Received 30 Oct 202328 Holmlea Road, Goring, RG8 9EX
Received 30 Mar 2023The Old Stables, Stoke Talmage, OX9 7EZ
Received 21 Oct 202518 Thame Lane, Culham, OX14 3DS
Received 16 Mar 2023Bix Bottom Farmhouse, Bix, RG9 6BH
Received 15 Dec 2023Longways, Fir Close, Ipsden, OX10 6AH
Received 7 Mar 2023210 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8RN
Received 20 Feb 2026Solar House, Catslip, RG9 5BL
Received 12 Aug 2024Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 11 Apr 202451 Luker Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EY
Received 29 Aug 2025Lime Croft, Limetree Road, Goring, RG8 9EY
Received 8 Jul 202522 Charter Way, Wallingford, OX10 0SZ
Received 20 Feb 2025Battle Farm Elvendon Road Goring Reading RG8 0LP
Received 13 Aug 2026Autumn Barn, Stoke Row, RG9 5NY
Received 10 Apr 2024Jordleys, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9EN
Received 17 Jul 2025Waterlands Farm Off B4445 near Emmington OX9 3UL
Received 6 Jul 20267-9 Catherine Wheel, Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AR
Received 27 Nov 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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