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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10,086 approved · 1,049 refused · 803 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Buildings at Woods Farm, Britwell Hill, near Howe Hill, OX49 5HD
Received 24 Aug 2023Old Stable 5 The Rickyard Chalgrove Oxford OX44 7QU
Received 28 Jul 2026Baskerville Arms, Station Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NY
Received 13 Mar 2023The Fox, Bix, RG9 6DB
Received 5 Jun 20232 Goode House, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 3 Sept 2020Whiteways Hardwick Road Whitchurch On Thames Reading RG8 7HW
Received 15 Jul 2026Unit 2, Benson Waterfront, Benson, OX10 6SJ
Received 31 Jan 2024Phyllis Court Club, Marlow Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 2HT
Received 17 Dec 20203 Hillcraft Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1EZ
Received 2 Jan 2020Qwips Cottage, Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1DZ
Received 16 May 2023Oldfield House, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BX
Received 23 Jan 202591 High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7HP
Received 22 May 2020The Wheat Barn, West of Priory, Britwell Salome
Received 18 Dec 2024Benson Lane, Crowmarsh, OX10 8ED
Received 9 Jan 2020The Old Rectory, Waterperry, OX33 1LB
Received 10 Apr 2024Land to the north east of Didcot, Didcot
Received 4 Apr 202311B Oxford Road Thame OX9 2AG
Received 2 Oct 20266 Wyndham Gardens, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9AU
Received 13 Aug 2020Winterbrook Nursing Home, 18 Winterbrook, Wallingford, OX10 9EF
Received 7 Aug 202318 Rotherfield Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1NN
Received 9 Mar 2021Abingdon Town Football & Cricket Club, Culham Road, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 3HP
Received 2 Feb 202425 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NF
Received 23 May 2024Benwells Farm Barn, Land adjoining Benwells Farmhouse, Bix, RG9 4RT
Received 17 Feb 2026Oak Cottage, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QW
Received 11 Sept 2024Records 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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