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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
9,993 approved · 1,038 refused · 798 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rivermead 24 Preston Crowmarsh Wallingford OX10 6SL
Received 9 Oct 202621 Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9SS
Received 21 Nov 2024Highfield, 11 Rotherfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NR
Received 1 Mar 2025Upperton Farm, Upperton, OX49 5PB
Received 14 Jul 2021Spencers Gate, Red Lane, Chinnor Hill, OX39 4BN
Received 17 Aug 2020Upper Gatehampton House Gatehampton Road Goring Reading RG8 9LT
Received 17 Sept 202695 Wantage Road, Didcot, OX11 0AF
Received 19 Mar 2024Oxford Brookes University, Waterperry Road, Holton, OX33 1HX
Received 6 Apr 2023Holton Park Cottage, Holton, OX33 1PR
Received 1 Jun 20231 Green Lane, Warborough, OX10 7DY
Received 16 Feb 2021The Old Stables, Greenfield, OX49 5HG
Received 29 Apr 2025The Springs Golf Club, Wallingford Road, North Stoke, OX10 6BE
Received 29 Jun 2021Red Kite View, Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 20 Nov 2023Graveyard, St Mary's Church, Church Street, Beckley, OX3 9US
Received 19 Nov 2024The Stone House, New Close Farm Road, Towersey, OX39 4AJ
Received 26 Apr 2023Woodleigh, 8 Orchard Coombe, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QL
Received 20 Oct 2025East End House, 46 Shirburn Street, Watlington, OX49 5BT
Received 7 Nov 2025Little Orchard, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9UX
Received 3 Dec 2020Land bordering either side of the M40, near Postcombe and Lewknor villages, OX9 7EG
Received 25 Jun 2025Southern Road Recreation Ground Southern Road Thame OX9 2ED
Received 1 May 2026Breach Farm, Wheatley Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1FG
Received 5 Nov 20255A Hagbourne Road, Didcot, OX11 8DP
Received 20 Sept 2024Rannachan, Checkendon, RG8 0SX
Received 30 Jan 202426 Orchard Avenue, Sonning Common, RG4 9LT
Received 19 Dec 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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