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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10,249 approved · 1,058 refused · 818 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech Cottage, Burcot, OX14 3DJ
Received 24 Oct 20254 Dorchester Place, Thame, OX9 2DL
Received 9 Sept 2024Aurora Rowan School Dysons Wood Kidmore End Reading RG4 9EY
Received 6 Jul 2026(Former) Westend Nurseries Site, Old Nursery Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, Oxon, OX10 0RB
Received 10 Mar 2026The Renaissance, Thame, OX9 2FB
Received 26 May 2020The Old Parsonage, Goring Heath Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PG
Received 17 Jan 202443 New Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9JX
Received 5 Feb 202615 Prospect Place, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5AJ
Received 3 Jul 20209 Blackstone Road, Wallingford, OX10 8JR
Received 20 May 202020 Wykeham Rise, Chinnor, OX39 4PS
Received 1 May 2020Unit 1 Trademarq, Lupton Road, Wallingford, OX10 9BS
Received 7 Jan 2021Cross Lanes Fruit Farm, Mapledurham, RG4 7UW
Received 14 Dec 20205 Willow Close, Cholsey, OX10 9QE
Received 11 Mar 20218 Clarence Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2DP
Received 12 Feb 202124 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 19 Dec 2025Parcel SN02EF (Phase 26), Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 3 Mar 2020Ferndale 45 Lower Road Chinnor OX39 4DU
Received 27 Jul 2026Willoughby Grange, 77 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HP
Received 6 Mar 2026The Brambles, Port Hill, Nettlebed, RG9 5RL
Received 10 May 2021Land North Of A4130 Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 25 Nov 20246 Wychwood Close, Sonning Common, RG4 9SN
Received 3 Mar 2020Jo Jos Vineyard, Russells Water, RG9 6EU
Received 19 Mar 2026The Site of Milton House, Gold Street, Little Milton
Received 5 Apr 2024Garsons Farm, Garsons Lane, near Ipsden, OX10 6QU
Received 14 Oct 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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