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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
10,049 approved · 1,045 refused · 801 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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 White House, Rosebery Road, Tokers Green, RG4 9EL
Received 5 Jun 20248 The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LW
Received 13 Aug 20257 Farm Close Lane, Wheatley, OX33 1UG
Received 7 Oct 2020Wood between the allotments and community orchard and the Jubilee Recreation Ground
Received 21 Jul 202669 Lydalls Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7DT
Received 25 Aug 2023Briarwood, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QW
Received 21 Aug 20232 Mitchell Close, Thame, Oxon, OX9 2ET
Received 14 Apr 202110 Martyns Way, Ewelme, OX10 6HY
Received 13 Mar 2026The Old Bakehouse, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DD
Received 11 Aug 20231-6 Furleigh Cottages, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TN
Received 13 Mar 2025The Stables, Mount Pleasant Farm, Goring Heath, RG8 7TB
Received 16 Dec 2019Bridge House, Road Between Clifton Hampden And The Barley Mow, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EH
Received 6 Jul 2020Slade End House, Slade End, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RD
Received 27 Oct 2025The Close, 27 Butts Road, Horspath, OX33 1RJ
Received 28 Nov 202338 Onslow Drive, Thame, OX9 3YY
Received 25 Jul 202531 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4DZ
Received 27 May 2021Burntwood Hall, Reading Road, Goring, RG8 0LL
Received 22 Dec 2022Hill Farm, 18 The Green, Garsington, OX44 9DF
Received 26 Feb 202476 Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0HN
Received 11 Dec 2023Culham Cut, near Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4NE
Received 15 Apr 2021Lower Croft, Chaucer Court, Ewelme, OX10 6HW
Received 15 Oct 2024Frenchs, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 27 Mar 2023Highwood, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LX
Received 9 Oct 202327 Kynaston Road, DIDCOT, Oxon, OX11 8HE
Received 8 Oct 2020Records 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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