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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
10,022 approved · 1,042 refused · 800 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Limes, 14 Swanston Field, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HP
Received 12 Mar 2021Land known as St Andrew's Field, Holton, Oxon
Received 8 Aug 20241 Orchard Walk, Watlington, OX49 5RD
Received 26 Mar 2026The Woodlands, Busgrove Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QB
Received 16 Jul 2020Brook Cottage, The Street, North Stoke, OX10 6BL
Received 12 Jan 2023North Moreton House, High Street, North Moreton, OX11 9AT
Received 14 Feb 2024Poppy Cottage, 8, Henton, OX39 4AG
Received 2 May 202357 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JR
Received 13 May 2021Benwells Farm Barn, Bix, RG9 4RT
Received 26 Jan 20268 Elm Drive, Garsington, OX44 9AG
Received 11 Nov 2024Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 12 Sept 2023The Penn, Thame Road, Great Milton, OX44 7HX
Received 24 Oct 202212A Thames Street, Wallingford, OX10 0HD
Received 6 May 2025Nuns Acre Boathouse, Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9AH
Received 28 May 2024Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange Roundabout, and the B4015, north of Clifton Hampden
Received 3 Feb 2026Lane End House, Emmington, OX39 4AA
Received 30 Sept 2025Clayton House, Newlands Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5PS
Received 4 Jan 2024Tesco Stores Ltd, 359 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4HA
Received 11 Aug 2023Bramble Wood, Blacklands Plantation, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DF
Received 11 Jun 20258 West Street Henley-on-Thames RG9 2DT
Received 21 Jul 2026Land to north of Hunters Gap, Pebble Hill, Toot Baldon, OX449LH
Received 21 Jul 2020Land adjacent to Wheatley Park School, Holton, OX33 1PZ
Received 15 Oct 2020Blenheim Farm, Icknield Way, Benson, OX10 6PR
Received 5 Jan 202340 Ludsden Grove, Thame, OX9 3BZ
Received 11 Mar 2021Records 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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