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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
10,249 approved · 1,058 refused · 818 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Toll Lodge Farm, London Road, Tetsworth, OX9 7AZ
Received 23 Dec 202037 High Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5DA
Received 18 May 2020Mineral Bottling Factory, Basement of 24 & 25, Old Brewery Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2DE
Received 20 Jul 2023Beech Hurst, Beech Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PX
Received 23 Feb 2023Lenwade, 3 Western Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1JL
Received 20 Apr 2021Common area close to, 25 Adam Court, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2BJ
Received 19 Feb 2021Old Belchers Farm House, High Street, Little Milton, OX44 7PU
Received 12 Jun 2025St Andrews Court, Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3WT
Received 7 Nov 202313 Bullingdon Avenue, Berinsfield, OX10 7PL
Received 24 Mar 2021Old Woodlands House, Bakers Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PU
Received 4 Oct 2024Orchard Dene Nurseries, Lower Assendon, Oxon, RG9 6AL
Received 25 Feb 2020Horseshoe House, Stoke Talmage Road, Tetsworth, OX9 7BU
Received 24 Feb 202528 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 19 Mar 202650 Grove Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9RL
Received 26 Jun 202471 Norreys Road, Didcot, OX11 0AW
Received 15 Jul 2021Former Site Of Georgetown Filling Station, Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8SD
Received 13 Jul 2023The Hollies Abingdon Road Clifton Hampden Abingdon OX14 3EF
Received 3 Jun 2026Swan Wood Highmoor Henley-on-Thames RG9 5DH
Received 18 Sept 2026Sundial Cottage, Watery Lane, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EL
Received 27 Mar 2023Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 7 Jun 202439 St Helens Way, Benson, OX10 6SP
Received 12 Sept 20252 Thame Park Road, Thame, OX9 3JA
Received 31 Mar 2020Taylors Cottage, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RD
Received 12 Apr 20216 Duke Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UP
Received 12 Mar 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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