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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
10,086 approved · 1,049 refused · 803 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bridge End House, 2 High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7JT
Received 17 Dec 2020Land at The Elms, Thame
Received 9 Jan 2024The Court House, Pyrton, OX49 5AP
Received 21 Oct 20255 Slade Road, Didcot, OX11 7AR
Received 11 Dec 20203 Hithercroft Cottages, Hithercroft, Wallingford, OX10 9ES
Received 28 Mar 2025Land to the West of Copson Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7TZ
Received 14 Feb 20256 Newnham Green, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EW
Received 19 Dec 2024Cedarberg, Kingwood Common, RG9 5NB
Received 23 Oct 20251 Church Close, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9LP
Received 5 Mar 2021Land adjacent to Beech Cottage, Beech Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PY
Received 24 May 2024The Old Village Inn, Goffs Hill, Crays Pond, RG8 7QD
Received 27 Jan 2025Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, OX11 7NJ
Received 5 Jan 2021Lower Highmoor
Received 21 Jan 20262 Leicester Close, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2LD
Received 3 Mar 2026Land east of Tythrop Way (B4012) and south of, Kingsey Road (A4129), Thame
Received 17 Jul 20206 Oakley Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4HT
Received 10 Jul 20238 Rectory Lane, Bix, RG9 6DH
Received 4 Mar 20243 Chiltern Gate, Hill Road, Watlington, OX49 5AB
Received 27 May 202134 Greys Hill, Henley-on-thames, RG9 1SJ
Received 7 Apr 20262 Hillcraft Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1EZ
Received 28 Sept 2020Howberrywood Farm, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TU
Received 5 Sept 2024Orchard House, Aston Upthorpe, Oxon, OX11 9EF
Received 23 Jan 202311 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BP
Received 8 Nov 2022Syringa, Wargrave Road, Town Rod Eyot, near Henley-on-Thames, RG9 3JD
Received 24 Jul 2025Records 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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