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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
9,968 approved · 1,037 refused · 795 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Darkwood Farm, Park Corner, RG9 6DR
Received 6 Jul 2020St Mary's Street, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 29 Jul 20202 Arch Cottages, Arch Hill, Binfield Heath, RG9 4EA
Received 10 Mar 2023Sylinger Solar, north of Rushy Furrow Lane, Chalgrove
Received 17 Apr 202328 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NB
Received 18 Mar 2021Elm Tree Farm, Common Lane, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JY
Received 9 Feb 20246 Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JB
Received 9 Dec 20251 The Croft, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LS
Received 19 Jul 2024Hill Farm, 18 The Green, Garsington, OX44 9DF
Received 4 Jan 2023The Court House, Knightsbridge Lane, Pyrton, OX49 5AP
Received 7 Feb 2020The Malt House, Church Lane, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SS
Received 10 Apr 2024Hawthorns, Goring Road, Woodcote, RG8 0QE
Received 25 Sept 2023Philomel, Hop Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EH
Received 14 Feb 2020The Oratory School, The Oratory Drive, Woodcote, RG8 0PJ
Received 28 May 2025Swan Wood, Highmoor, RG9 5DH
Received 30 Jun 2025The Old Stables, Stoke Talmage, OX9 7EZ
Received 29 Aug 20245 Quarry Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JW
Received 12 Nov 2020Cranford House School, Road Running Through Moulsford, Moulsford, OX10 9HT
Received 19 Feb 202622 Marmion Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1DG
Received 1 May 202615 Edwin Road, Didcot, OX11 8LG
Received 30 Mar 202117 Wood Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0AX
Received 18 Jan 2023Middle Barn, Little Stoke, OX10 6AZ
Received 7 Jul 2025Pope Farm, Fullers Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EN
Received 4 Jul 2024Bethel Cottage, 15 Church Street, Watlington, OX49 5QP
Received 10 Aug 2023Records 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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