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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10,120 approved · 1,051 refused · 808 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28, Waterperry, OX33 1LB
Received 25 Nov 2024Land north of A4130 Wallingford Bypass
Received 9 Jul 20261 Wellsprings, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RN
Received 19 May 2021Perseverance House, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 4AR
Received 27 Jan 202512 Burcot Park, Burcot, OX14 3DH
Received 9 Feb 2021The Mound, High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QS
Received 21 Jan 2025Eyot House, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TN
Received 23 Jan 2020North Stoke Farm, The Street, North Stoke, OX10 6BL
Received 12 Mar 2025Jo Jos Vineyard, Russells Water, RG9 6EU
Received 16 Apr 2025Chislehurst, Hithercroft, South Moreton, OX11 9AL
Received 9 Nov 2020Culvers, Croft Road, Goring, RG8 9ES
Received 13 Jan 202538 North Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7EQ
Received 30 Sept 2020Land to the rear of Crossways, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4AA
Received 17 Jun 2020Communal garden area, Damer Gardens, Henley on Thames, RG9 1HX
Received 4 Aug 2020Caversham Heath Golf Club, Chazey Heath, Mapledurham, RG4 7UT
Received 23 Apr 2020Harpsden Hill House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HX
Received 20 Dec 2024St Thomas Of Canterbury Church, Graveyard, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9DS
Received 4 Feb 2025Walbrook, Moreton, OX9 2HS
Received 20 Jun 2023Huntercombe Golf Club Nuffield Hill Nuffield RG9 5SL
Received 19 May 2026Kyalami, 48 Henley Road, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4YP
Received 29 Sept 2020The Old Village Hall, Pleck Lane, Kingston Blount, OX39 4RU
Received 12 May 20259 Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DQ
Received 23 Jan 2023Brook Bank, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PB
Received 11 Jan 202155 Crown Road, Wheatley, OX33 1UL
Received 8 Mar 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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