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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10,022 approved · 1,042 refused · 800 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
28 Henley Road, Shillingford, OX10 7EH
Received 24 Jan 2025Honeysuckle Barn, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RG
Received 5 Aug 202014 Fairfax Gate, Holton, OX33 1QE
Received 25 Mar 20254 The Meadows Watlington OX49 5JN
Received 10 Aug 2026Whiteways, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HW
Received 19 Feb 2024Moorcourt Barn, Weston Road, near Lewknor, OX49 5RU
Received 24 Mar 20234 Well Place, Urquhart Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6ER
Received 4 Apr 202328 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 7 Feb 2023Moorings, Schoolfields, Shiplake Cross, RG9 4DH
Received 26 Jan 2026The White House, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4NE
Received 18 Feb 2021Land between 61-65 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LU
Received 8 Jan 2025The Landing Place, Mill Lane, Henley on Thames, RG9 4HB
Received 12 Jun 202520 Station Road, Wallingford, OX10 0JX
Received 8 Feb 2021Eastfield House, Eastfield Lane, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EL
Received 9 Dec 2020Giggling Squid, 40 Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AU
Received 31 Oct 202589 New Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LB
Received 22 Dec 2025Holly Farm, Mill Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9HA
Received 24 Nov 2025Hunters Moon, Hill Bottom, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PT
Received 28 Aug 202428, Waterperry, OX33 1LB
Received 25 Nov 202457 St Helens Avenue, Benson, OX10 6RU
Received 11 Sept 2023Wayside, Kingston Stert, OX39 4NL
Received 14 Jan 2026Thornton Lodge, Stonor, RG9 6HE
Received 5 Dec 2023The Paddock, Church Lane, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SW
Received 5 Dec 2024Rooks Orchard, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QY
Received 7 Jul 2021Records 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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