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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9,740 approved · 1,010 refused · 776 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Railway Station, Station Road, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4ER
Received 9 Aug 2024Warren Barn, Standhill Lane, Little Haseley, OX44 7LH
Received 22 Mar 202165 Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, RG9 5HJ
Received 26 Oct 202418 Oxford Road, Garsington, OX44 9DA
Received 8 Oct 20255 Druids Walk, Chinnor, OX39 4JF
Received 25 Jul 2024Land North Of Littleworth Road, Benson
Received 29 Jul 2020Three Acres, Sandy Lane, Horspath, OX33 1TF
Received 11 Feb 2021The Pothole, Eastfield Lane, Goring Heath, RG8 7ST
Received 25 Feb 2026Thurle Down, Bridle Way, Goring, RG8 0HS
Received 23 Sept 202558 Hill Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5AD
Received 16 Nov 202080 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN
Received 12 Aug 2025Merry Cottage, Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1DY
Received 22 Feb 2023Appletree Cottage, 32 Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LN
Received 10 May 2023Elm Villas, Binfield Heath, RG9 4LE
Received 30 Apr 202413 Bosleys Orchard Didcot OX11 7NY
Received 10 Aug 2026The Old Barn, Bell Lane, Thame, OX9 3AL
Received 2 Dec 2024Spokes Farm Cottage, 31 Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JQ
Received 10 Jul 2024Savills, 58-60 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN
Received 3 Sept 20251 Ishree Terrace, Main Street, Stoke Row, RG9 5QE
Received 12 Jun 2024Stephen Freeman Primary School, Freeman Road, Didcot, OX11 7DB
Received 3 Aug 2020Badgers Brook, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JW
Received 24 Aug 2023Land to South West of Cowley Substation, near Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PA
Received 11 Jul 20241 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 2 Aug 20234, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
Received 8 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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