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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
9,898 approved · 1,026 refused · 789 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Denver, Beech Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PX
Received 6 Apr 2021Ten Acre Farm, New Inn Road, Beckley, OX3 9SS
Received 30 Jan 2025Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED
Received 24 Feb 2020Lower Farm House, Lower Farm Lane, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4YR
Received 17 Oct 2023Chislehurst, Hithercroft, South Moreton, OX11 9AL
Received 20 Oct 2020April Cottage, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4NE
Received 16 Aug 2024Land to the east of Howland Road (B4012) and south of Kings, and south of Kingsey Road, Thame, OX9 3JL
Received 22 Dec 2025Grenville Lodge, 17 Fairmile, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JR
Received 4 Sept 2020Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 22 Dec 202528 Blewbury Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LF
Received 6 Nov 2024Lower Assendon Farm, Old Bix Road, Lower Assendon, RG9 6AG
Received 21 May 2025Walnut Tree Farm, Road From Hook End Manor To Wyfold Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0UL
Received 22 Mar 2021Barley Close, Exlade Street, Oxfordshire, RG8 0UA
Received 23 Jan 202065 Rooks Lane, Thame, OX9 2EA
Received 6 Jun 202534 Kings Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2DG
Received 9 Nov 2022Penny Cottage Church Street Beckley Oxford OX3 9UT
Received 18 Aug 2026Old Swan, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 12 Feb 202139 Lower Road Chinnor OX39 4DU
Received 5 May 2026Land at London Road, Wheatley
Received 25 Jul 2024Sadlers, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 29 Aug 2025Three Horseshoes, Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QY
Received 11 Sept 2020131 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LP
Received 1 Dec 202063 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 5 Jan 2024Walliscote Farm Moorings, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EP
Received 25 Feb 2020Records 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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