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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
10,294 approved · 1,060 refused · 824 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at White Pond Farm, Stonor, RG9 6HG
Received 18 Apr 2024Poplars Farm, Chalford Road, near Postcombe, OX9 7ED
Received 23 Feb 202635 Norman Way, Wallingford, OX10 0SS
Received 4 Nov 2022Hideaway, 59 Britwell Road, Watlington, OX49 5JU
Received 20 Jul 2020The Queens Cottage, 5, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NG
Received 12 Jan 20262 St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HP
Received 29 May 202052 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 2 Feb 20232 Woodside Cottages, School Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QT
Received 17 Mar 2026Highfield Park House, Baldon Lane, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LT
Received 31 Jul 2023Land west of Marley Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7TF
Received 13 Sept 202428 Thameside, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LJ
Received 22 May 202529 Goldsmiths Lane, Wallingford, OX10 0DU
Received 13 Mar 202468 Southern Road, THAME, Oxon, OX9 2DZ
Received 7 Nov 201977/79 Brookmead Drive, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9PH
Received 21 Sept 2023Montana Goring Road Goring Heath Reading RG8 7SH
Received 29 Sept 2026Elderberry Barn, Blackmore Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9NU
Received 21 Jun 2024Land at Chiltern Rise Cottage, Stable Cottage and Garden Cot, Reading Road, Woodcote, RG8 0QX
Received 24 Feb 2021Pye Corner Moulsford Wallingford OX10 9JD
Received 28 May 202612 Weston Road, Lewknor, OX49 5TU
Received 16 Nov 202094 Vicarage Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JT
Received 3 Jul 2024Culham Court, Abingdon Road, Culham, OX14 3BN
Received 2 Jan 2020The Henley College, Deanfield Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UH
Received 17 May 2024Ferry Cottage, Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PX
Received 19 Apr 202311 Shepherds Cottage, Pettiwell, Garsington, OX44 9DB
Received 23 Jun 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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