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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
10,120 approved · 1,051 refused · 808 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Three Acres, Sandy Lane, Horspath, OX33 1TF
Received 31 Mar 202122 Pound Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NR
Received 8 Feb 2021Haydown, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DT
Received 12 Jan 202120 Lea Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9LJ
Received 22 Jan 2024Widmore Park (formerly known as Little Sparrows), Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common
Received 17 Nov 20251 The Rise, Kingston Blount, OX39 4RY
Received 5 May 202046 Butts Road, Horspath, OX33 1RJ
Received 24 Jan 202326 Watlington Road, Lewknor, OX49 5TT
Received 15 Sept 2023Kalpana, Brook Lane, Thame, OX9 2EG
Received 1 Aug 2025Rosslyn Green Lane Berrick Salome Wallingford OX10 6JW
Received 29 Jul 202654 Onslow Drive, Thame, OX9 3YY
Received 26 Apr 2021Queens Cottage, The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LJ
Received 8 Mar 2024Aston Tirrold Manor, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DJ
Received 22 May 2025The Hazels, 12 Church Road, Cholsey, OX10 9PR
Received 27 Jun 202322 Crisp Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2EP
Received 28 Oct 2020Afc Henley, Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4HA
Received 19 Nov 2024Bolts Cross Cottage, Section of B481 From Bolts Cross To Highmoor Cross, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 5LG
Received 4 Dec 202051 High Street, Thame, OX9 2AD
Received 17 Oct 2025Holly Bank, Chalkhouse Green Road, Kidmore End, RG4 9AU
Received 21 Feb 2025Aston House Stud, The Green, Aston Rowant, OX49 5ST
Received 22 Apr 20255 Fairmile, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JR
Received 29 Sept 2020Land to the east of Manor Road, to the south of Little Croft, Goring, RG8 9EJ
Received 29 Aug 2023The Smith Centre, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6AB
Received 4 Jul 2025Culham Court, Abingdon Road, Culham, OX14 3BN
Received 21 Feb 2025Records 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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