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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9,837 approved · 1,019 refused · 784 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
21 Rowan Close, Sonning Common, RG4 9LD
Received 7 Jul 20255 Friday Street, Henley-On-Thames, Oxon, RG9 1AN
Received 10 Mar 202113 Icknield Close, Kingston Blount, OX39 4RS
Received 10 Dec 20251 Cullum Road Wheatley Oxford OX33 1XD
Received 4 Jun 2026Dogmore Cottage, Stoke Row, Oxon, RG9 5PD
Received 1 Apr 2021Sands Farm, near Great Haseley
Received 31 Oct 202468 Park Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8QP
Received 11 Aug 202010 Yew Tree Court, Goring-on-Thames, RG8 9HF
Received 12 Dec 2025Village Hall, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JG
Received 11 Feb 202542A Brook Street, WATLINGTON, Oxon, OX49 5JH
Received 24 Apr 20234 Norton Cottages, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5NX
Received 18 Jun 2020Cala Homes Phase 6, Willington Down, Land at North East Didcot, Didcot
Received 27 Feb 2024Elmhurst House, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QS
Received 17 Feb 2020Grenville Lodge, 17 Fairmile, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JR
Received 4 Sept 2020St Helens Church, Church Road, Benson, OX10 6SF
Received 11 Sept 2025Summerfield, South Stoke, RG8 0JJ
Received 16 May 2023Pasture Farm, Coldharbour, Stadhampton, OX44 7UG
Received 4 Aug 2023Autumn House, Bolt's Cross, RG9 5LG
Received 16 Nov 2023Wentworth, Ipsden Heath, Ipsden, OX10 6QP
Received 6 Feb 2023The Oaks Old Road Shotover Hill Headington OX3 8GH
Received 24 Sept 2026Highlands Park, Highlands Lane, Henley-on-Thames
Received 18 Dec 202420a Upper High Street, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3EX
Received 4 Mar 2021Gannock Cottage, Digberry Lane, Nettlebed, RG9 6DP
Received 6 Aug 2025The Eyot House, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TN
Received 12 Dec 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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