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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
9,880 approved · 1,024 refused · 786 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Queensway, Didcot, OX11 8LY
Received 31 Mar 2025109 Brookmead Drive, Wallingford, OX10 9BH
Received 2 May 2023The Old Farmhouse, Britwell Salome, OX49 5LG
Received 26 Sept 2025Thame Fire Station, Nelson Street, Thame, OX9 2DP
Received 27 Oct 20201B Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JR
Received 20 Sept 20234 Walton Avenue, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1LA
Received 13 Nov 20236 Hurst Close, Wallingford, OX10 9BQ
Received 13 Nov 20235 Elton Crescent, Wheatley, OX33 1UZ
Received 21 Dec 2020BT Cabinet 8, JNC Woodlands Road, Sedgwell Road, Sonning Common
Received 27 Aug 2025Farm Building to south west of Manor Farm yard, Toot Baldon
Received 14 Apr 2025Land to the north east of Didcot, Didcot
Received 5 Aug 20245 St Marys Close, Wheatley, OX33 1YP
Received 12 Jan 202199 High Street, Thame, OX9 3EF
Received 29 Jul 2020Sundial Cottage, 28 Main Road, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9LN
Received 29 Sept 2023Mongewell Byre, Constitution Hill, Mongewell, OX10 8BS
Received 4 Aug 202588 West Street, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2EA
Received 17 Nov 2025Treetops, 62 London Road, Milton Common, OX9 2JL
Received 4 Apr 2024Land off Rycote Lane, Christmas Hill, Rycote Lane, near Thame
Received 2 Nov 202211 Cuxham Road Watlington OX49 5JW
Received 8 Jun 2026Mansfield Cottage Preston Crowmarsh Wallingford OX10 6SL
Received 9 Jul 2026Heathfield, Road from Gravel Hill to Broadplat House, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 24 Feb 202686 Oxford Crescent, DIDCOT, Oxon, OX11 7AX
Received 17 Sept 20206 The Limes, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8HF
Received 29 Jun 202318 East Street, Didcot, OX11 8EJ
Received 18 Dec 2020Records 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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