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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
9,837 approved · 1,019 refused · 784 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Joca, Beech Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PY
Received 21 Feb 202034 Edinburgh Drive, Didcot, OX11 7HT
Received 21 Oct 20224 Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JZ
Received 7 Mar 2023Vines Farm, Horse Pond Road, Cane End, RG4 9HJ
Received 26 Jun 202314 Cross Road, Cholsey, OX10 9PE
Received 6 Nov 2025Grundon Waste Management Ltd, Ewelme No. 2 Site,, Goulds Grove, Ewelme, OX10 6PJ
Received 4 Mar 2021Old Priory, Little Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SG
Received 1 Jun 202127 Moreton Lane, THAME, Oxon, OX9 2EW
Received 12 Oct 20207 Dearne Place, Didcot, OX11 7UU
Received 24 Nov 2025The Old Bakery, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 4 May 202157-59 The Bull On Bell Street, Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA
Received 17 May 2024The Old Farm House, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TD
Received 14 Aug 2020The Stone Yard, Back Way, Great Haseley, OX44 7JP
Received 11 Feb 2025H R Wallingford Ltd, Howbery Park, near Crowmarsh, OX10 8BA
Received 20 Feb 2025Church Grove, 27 Church Street, Watlington, OX49 5QR
Received 13 Jan 2025The Old Rectory, Cuxham, Oxon, OX49 5NQ
Received 6 Feb 2023The Old Rectory, Road Running Through Brightwell Baldwin, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5NW
Received 14 Aug 202526 Gidley Way Horspath Oxford OX33 1RG
Received 3 Jun 202637 Glebe Road, Didcot, OX11 8PL
Received 8 Aug 2025East End House 46 Shirburn Street Watlington OX49 5BT
Received 5 Jun 2026Mellon Place, Tetsworth, OX9 7BY
Received 23 Apr 2021Hods Acre Barn (land formerly attached to Butlers Farmhouse), Goring Heath Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PN
Received 19 Jul 2023Icknield Place, Aston Rowant Road, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SN
Received 10 Apr 202438 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 5 Jun 2023Records 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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