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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
9,929 approved · 1,027 refused · 792 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Honey Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NL
Received 27 Feb 2023The Well House, 34 High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
Received 11 Dec 2020Bright Ravens Wallingford Road South Stoke Reading RG8 0HY
Received 9 Jun 2026The Well House, Greenfield, OX49 5HJ
Received 22 Nov 202312A Tollgate Road, Culham, Oxon, OX14 4NL
Received 12 Mar 2025The Argyll, 15 Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 15 Feb 20212-4 Reading Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1AG
Received 8 Dec 20201 Barlow Close, Wheatley, OX33 1NL
Received 2 Oct 2023Park Farm Cottage, Castle Street, Wallingford, OX10 8DW
Received 4 Sept 2024Land to rear of gardens of 79A and 81, Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 3 Dec 2025Stonecroft Haseley Road Little Milton Oxford OX44 7QE
Received 17 Sept 2026Holly Tree House, The Street, Brightwell cum Sotwell, OX10 0RP
Received 24 Aug 202344 Kings Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2DW
Received 24 Sept 20207/8 Kiln Lane, Garsington, OX44 9AR
Received 12 Dec 202512A Thames Street, Wallingford, OX10 0HD
Received 2 Jul 2025The Crown, Thame Road, Stadhampton, OX44 7TX
Received 22 Oct 20244 Walton Avenue, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1LA
Received 24 Sept 2020Dove House Farm, Cuddesdon, OX44 9HG
Received 2 Mar 2020100 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1TD
Received 9 Apr 2024Haseley End, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JL
Received 23 Jun 2021Lower Farmhouse, 59, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 11 Jun 2025Willowbrook Park Phase 4B, North East Didcot
Received 15 Dec 2025Land South of Greenwood Avenue, Chinnor
Received 21 Apr 2021Land rear of 44 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JT
Received 17 Feb 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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