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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9,791 approved · 1,017 refused · 784 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hop Gardens Henley-on-Thames RG9 2EH
Received 30 Mar 20263 Springfield End Goring Reading RG8 0DY
Received 27 May 2026Land to the north east of Benson to the north of, Watlington Road/The Sands (B4009) and east of Hale Road, Benson, OX10 6JB
Received 21 Aug 2026Brook House, The Green, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SE
Received 28 May 202425 Manor Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LT
Received 23 Mar 202620 Orchard Way, Chinnor, OX39 4UD
Received 25 Mar 2025Wholesale Plants Ltd, Access Lane, Ascott, OX44 7UH
Received 28 May 2020Richmond, The Croft, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DL
Received 17 Feb 20216 Putman Close, Thame, OX9 3LD
Received 5 Feb 2026Hillfield Farm, Toot Baldon
Received 22 Nov 202343 Barley Rye, Chinnor, OX39 4FN
Received 8 Sept 2023Blenheim House, 25 Church Street, Watlington, OX49 5QR
Received 28 Oct 2020Kennylands Road, Sonning Common
Received 20 Apr 2020Garsington Manor, Southend, Garsington, Oxon, OX44 9DH
Received 29 Apr 202067 Warner Crescent, Didcot, OX11 8JY
Received 13 Nov 2024M Newitt & Sons, 10 High Street, Thame, OX9 2BZ
Received 10 Dec 2024MP Sports Academy, Kingsey Road, Thame
Received 30 Mar 2026Castle Priory, Thames Street, Wallingford, OX10 0HD
Received 11 Dec 20252 Abbey Brook Didcot OX11 7FY
Received 8 Jun 2026Thomley Hall Centre Ltd, Menmarsh Road, Worminghall, HP18 9JZ
Received 13 Mar 202317 Baronshurst Drive, Chalgrove, OX44 7TE
Received 14 Oct 202034 Thame Road, Warborough, Oxon, OX10 7DA
Received 1 Mar 2023Windmill House, 5 Parkside, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1TX
Received 17 Jan 20254 Manor Close, Lewknor, OX49 5BL
Received 31 Mar 2021Records 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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