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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10,049 approved · 1,045 refused · 801 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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West Cottage, Britwell Hill Farm, Britwell Hill, OX49 5HD
Received 5 Sept 202563 Valley Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1RL
Received 5 Nov 2020Merton House, 65 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BD
Received 10 May 2023Land North of B4009, Britwell Salome
Received 10 Oct 202418 Rookery Court, Didcot, OX11 6AU
Received 7 May 2020Beavers Lodge, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LN
Received 16 Oct 2024New Barn Farm, Cholsey, OX10 9HA
Received 20 Jul 2020Mill Farm, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HN
Received 2 Mar 2020Old Peppard Farmhouse, Church Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JU
Received 30 Jan 2023Huntinglands House, Ewelme, Wallingford. OX10 6PE
Received 18 Aug 2026Gattendon Lodge, Gatehampton Road, Goring, RG8 9LU
Received 25 Aug 20236 - 8 High Street, Thame, OX9 2BU
Received 12 Jun 2026Lollingdon House, Westfield Road, Cholsey, OX10 9LS
Received 24 Jun 202028 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 24 May 2023Carmel College, Mongewell Access Road, Mongewell, OX10 8BU
Received 20 Sept 202314 Badgers Walk, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JQ
Received 7 Jun 202141 High Street, Thame, OX9 2AA
Received 16 Jul 2020The Clock House, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QN
Received 24 Mar 202511 The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LW
Received 26 Nov 2024Chinnor Community Pavilion, Chinnor Parish Council, Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PU
Received 16 Nov 2023Blackrock, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9DP
Received 20 Mar 2023Lord Williams's Upper School, Oxford Road, Thame, OX9 2AQ
Received 20 May 2021Avalon Kennels, Icknield Way, Benson, OX10 6PP
Received 11 Apr 20238 The Chestnuts, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JZ
Received 26 Feb 2026Records 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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