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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9,880 approved · 1,024 refused · 786 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Cottage, Road Between Mays Green and Chalk Hill, Harpsden, RG9 4AP
Received 12 Jul 2021Junes Cottage, Priest Hill, Nettlebed, RG9 5AP
Received 22 Dec 202025 Hode Garth Thame OX9 3GF
Received 2 Sept 20265 The Paddocks, Chinnor, OX39 4GR
Received 31 Mar 202517 Castle Street, WALLINGFORD, Oxon, OX10 8DW
Received 14 Jan 2020Farm Cottage, Lane Between Chalkhouse Green Road And Chalkhouse Green Far, Chalkhouse Green, RG4 9AN
Received 27 Aug 20242 Elm Close, Tetsworth, OX9 7AP
Received 10 Feb 2021Christmas Hill Business Park, 2 Rycote Lane, Thame
Received 21 Sept 20232A Honey Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NP
Received 28 Sept 2020Waterperry House Waterperry Oxford OX33 1JY
Received 9 Jun 202661 High Street, Thame, OX9 3AH
Received 18 Oct 2022Mount Hill Farm, High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AD
Received 26 Mar 2024The Granary, Henton, Chinnor, OX39 4AE
Received 25 Jan 202129 Blandy Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QB
Received 6 Aug 2024Widmore Park (formerly Little Sparrows), Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common
Received 16 Feb 2026Orchard House, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EF
Received 3 Sept 2024Virgo Beauty, High Street, Goring, RG8 9AR
Received 15 Oct 202481 and land to the rear of 79-83 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 16 Sept 2026Phase 1 at Widmore Park, Sonning Common
Received 10 Dec 2025Coombe Lodge Bungalow, Ladder Hill, Wheatley, OX33 1HY
Received 25 Jun 2020Pilgrim Cottage, 59 Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5EH
Received 2 Dec 2020Facy, 27-31 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 23 Jun 2025Graveyard At St Andrews Church, Church Close, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LP
Received 19 Sept 2023Little Orchard, 20 Green Lane, Warborough, OX10 7DY
Received 23 Nov 2022Records 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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