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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
10,224 approved · 1,056 refused · 813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Boundary of Haseley Wood, Great Haseley, OX44
Received 28 Oct 20256 Wrightson Close, Horspath, OX33 1RR
Received 18 Jun 202117 Wood Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0AX
Received 1 Feb 2023The Old Vicarage, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PB
Received 25 Mar 2024Chauntsingers, Cleeve Road, Goring, RG8 9BJ
Received 5 Nov 202521 Kellys Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NT
Received 27 Jan 2025The Walled Garden, Bell Lane, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2HR
Received 4 Mar 20216 Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AW
Received 29 Sept 2023Land to the West of Wallingford (Site B), Oxfordshire
Received 8 Apr 202422 Pettiwell, Garsington, OX44 9DB
Received 5 Jul 2023Land at Ladygrove East, Didcot
Received 17 May 20246 Duke Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UP
Received 11 Mar 2025The Herb Farm, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NJ
Received 23 Jan 2023Institute Cottage, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 16 Dec 2024Warren Hill Farm, Nuffield Lane, Benson, OX10 6QN
Received 7 Apr 202010 Blenheim Lane, Wheatley, OX33 1NJ
Received 12 Oct 2023Greenways, Kingwood Common, Kingwood, RG9 5NB
Received 23 Mar 20212A Wootton Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1QE
Received 3 Mar 202129 Swallowtail Road, Chinnor, OX39 4GQ
Received 15 Apr 20257 Dove House Lane, Cuddesdon, OX44 9EG
Received 15 Aug 202533 Church Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SE
Received 23 Sept 2024Daf Trucks Ltd, Eastern Bypass, Thame, OX9 3FB
Received 26 Jul 2023Breach House, Halfpenny Lane, near Cholsey, OX10 9JN
Received 14 Mar 20241 & 2 Old Barn Cottages, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EZ
Received 20 Nov 2019Records 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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