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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
9,740 approved · 1,010 refused · 776 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hub 14 Station Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AY
Received 24 Apr 2026Rupert House School, 90 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN
Received 26 Feb 2025Smiths Farm, Foxhall Road, Didcot, OX11 7AG
Received 22 Nov 2022Woodside House, Woodperry Hill, Woodperry, OX33 1AL
Received 23 Jan 2023Maytree Cottage, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 29 Mar 2021Windrush, 7 Bridge Terrace, Thame, OX9 3LU
Received 5 Apr 202312 Verda Park, Wallingford, OX10 9SJ
Received 9 Jan 2026John Hampden County Primary School Park Street Thame OX9 3HU
Received 23 Apr 2026Greystones, New Inn Road, Beckley, OX3 9SS
Received 23 Oct 2024Colletts View, Thame Road, Great Milton, OX44 7NY
Received 11 May 20211 Cullum Road, Wheatley, OX33 1XD
Received 25 Sept 2025Kings Arms, 95 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LU
Received 29 Apr 2020The Inn at Emmington, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4LD
Received 20 Nov 2024Land at Little Acorns, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NA
Received 16 Jan 2026Kingsley Lodge Mill Road Shiplake Henley-on-thames RG9 3LX
Received 6 Oct 202628 New Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9JU
Received 4 Jan 2024Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 29 Jun 2023Badgemore Park Golf Club, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 23 Sept 20244C Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1RQ
Received 9 Nov 202214 Brookside, Watlington, OX49 5AQ
Received 5 Sept 202515 Welland Avenue, Didcot, OX11 7QN
Received 21 Jan 2026Middle Farm, Oakley Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4HU
Received 15 Nov 2023Croft Corner, Moreton Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EW
Received 26 Jan 2021The Boathouse, Lower Wharf, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9AA
Received 4 Jun 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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