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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
9,791 approved · 1,017 refused · 784 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The White House, Nuffield Hill, Nuffield, RG9 5SR
Received 23 Feb 2021Pars 144,145 and 146, Chalgrove
Received 28 May 2026Land North of Middle Way, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 24 Apr 2020Kings Willow, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QP
Received 27 Nov 202517 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LW
Received 23 Dec 2024Field Cottage, Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PH
Received 11 Nov 2022Woodlands, Butts Way, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SZ
Received 25 Jun 2021Phoenix Cottage, Whitcalls Lane, Nuffield, RG9 5TE
Received 14 May 2021Stone House, 14 Southend, Garsington, OX44 9DH
Received 20 Nov 2023Rectory Farm, Waterperry, OX33 1LB
Received 22 Dec 2025Land off Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JS
Received 22 Oct 20249A Thames Street Wallingford OX10 0HD
Received 22 Jun 2026The Bear, High Street, North Moreton, OX11 9AT
Received 18 Nov 202226 Martins Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JE
Received 24 Jan 2023The Shieling, Britwell Salome, OX49 5LG
Received 24 Apr 2024Land off Burcot Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7PQ
Received 24 Feb 2020Wallingford Anaerobic Digestion Facility, Benson Lane, near Benson, OX10 6SQ
Received 9 Feb 2026Emerton House 64 High Street Tetsworth Thame OX9 7AB
Received 15 Sept 2026Land located to the North East of Didcot, Mersey Way, Didcot, OX11 7SB
Received 25 Jul 2023Haystacks, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common
Received 29 Apr 2020Red Lion Lawn (adjacent to Henley bridge), Henley on Thames, Oxon
Received 26 Nov 2020Newells Farm, Newells Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7XJ
Received 10 Sept 202532A Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 2DN
Received 23 Apr 2025The Sun Trap, Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1EG
Received 20 Sept 2023Records 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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