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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10,224 approved · 1,056 refused · 813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
72 Cotmore Close, Thame, OX9 3NE
Received 25 Sept 2020St Birinus School, Queen Street, Dorchester on Thames, Oxon, OX10 7HR
Received 11 Mar 2021Wyevale Country Gardens, Reading Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 14 Mar 20232 Priest End, Thame, OX9 2AE
Received 21 Apr 2021The Lilacs, 50 Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
Received 18 Mar 202122 Portway, Didcot, OX11 0BE
Received 25 Sept 2020Court House, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
Received 28 Jul 2023Mooring 14, Walliscote Moorings, Whitchurch on Thames
Received 26 May 2021Mount Ida, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PH
Received 6 Aug 2020White Hart Hotel, 26 High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, Wallingford, OX10 7HN
Received 11 May 2021Alders Croft, High Street, South Moreton, OX11 9AD
Received 4 Feb 2025188 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1EA
Received 20 Jan 2023Spring Lane, Watlington, Oxon
Received 13 May 2020St Lawrence Church & Green, Warborough, Oxon
Received 5 Nov 2020Hillview, Horton Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1AG
Received 10 Jun 202149 Sinodun Road, Didcot, OX11 8HW
Received 18 May 202156 Cronshaw Close, Didcot, OX11 7JX
Received 4 Jan 2021The Old School House, Lower Assendon, RG9 6AN
Received 1 Nov 2024Mill Cottage, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HN
Received 15 Jan 202636 Greenmere, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QQ
Received 21 Jan 2025Land at Monument Road, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, OX44 7RN
Received 4 Jan 2023H & C Pearce & Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS
Received 19 Feb 2024Town Farm Cottage Brook Street Kingston Blount Chinnor OX39 4RZ
Received 19 Jun 2026Newington Nurseries, Section Of A329 Between Newington And Stadhampton, Newington, OX10 7AW
Received 25 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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