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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9,929 approved · 1,027 refused · 792 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tree Tops Cottage, Park Corner, RG9 6DS
Received 4 Sept 2023Hillside Cottage, Church Hill, Forest Hill, OX33 1EG
Received 28 May 2020S/O 10 Milldown Avenue, Goring on Thames, RG8 0AG
Received 20 Dec 20235 Nene Grove, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7QW
Received 14 Feb 2024St Andrews Court, Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3WT
Received 1 Aug 2024Duck Cottage, 3 Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PU
Received 7 Sept 202032 Wood Green, Woodcote, Oxon, RG8 0QQ
Received 7 Nov 2023Swallows, 16 Spring Lane, Horspath, OX33 1SA
Received 22 Dec 202395A High Street, Thame, OX9 3EH
Received 14 Mar 2024Woodlands, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6AD
Received 22 Mar 2023East Unit, Rich's Sidings, Didcot, OX11 8AG
Received 26 May 2021Robins Orchard, Fairmile, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2LA
Received 27 May 20216 Wyndham Gardens, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9AU
Received 13 Aug 20205A North Street, Thame, OX9 3BH
Received 11 Mar 2026Hill Cottage Tiddington Thame OX9 2LQ
Received 4 Aug 2026Woodvale, 49 Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, RG9 5HH
Received 8 Feb 2021265 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QS
Received 1 Oct 202511 Blenheim Road, Shirburn, OX49 5DN
Received 14 Jan 2020High House, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 24 Oct 2025Lucys Farm Barns, Harpsden Road, Harpsden, RG9 4HN
Received 26 Sept 2024Weir House, 7, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 12 Apr 2021Land to the rear / side of 75 Honey Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NJ
Received 18 Sept 20253 Walker Close, Woodcote, RG8 0QH
Received 27 Oct 2022Springfield House, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LW
Received 8 Jun 2023Records 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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