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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
10,317 approved · 1,060 refused · 829 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Portal Frame Building, Caversham Heath Golf Club, Mapledurham, RG4 7UT
Received 19 Dec 20192 Hill Cottages, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7HG
Received 24 Apr 20231 St Marks Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1LN
Received 13 May 2020Knight's Barn, Manor Farm Lane, East Hagbourne, OX11 9ND
Received 6 Mar 2025Southerndown Cottage, Haseley Road, Little Milton, OX44 7QE
Received 31 Mar 2025Woodhill, Harpsden Woods, Harpsden, RG9 4AF
Received 10 Dec 20207 Abbey Brook, Didcot, OX11 7FY
Received 6 Dec 202210 Windmill Road, Thame, OX9 2DR
Received 6 Mar 2023The Old Piggeries, Sandy Lane, Horspath, OX33 1TF
Received 11 Dec 2025Chislehurst, Hithercroft, South Moreton, OX11 9AL
Received 8 Feb 202117 Chestnut Avenue, Thame, OX9 2AR
Received 11 Oct 2024The Old Rectory, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7DF
Received 6 Nov 2023Spokes Farm Cottage, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JQ
Received 15 Aug 2024The Eyot House, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TN
Received 17 Jul 2024The Mill House, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4NF
Received 18 Mar 2025Park Wall, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TB
Received 26 Mar 2020Land north of Rycote Lane, Thame, OX9 2BY
Received 28 Nov 2025Land known as St Andrew's Field, Holton, Oxon
Received 8 Aug 2024Mallard Reach, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 20 Apr 2021Icknield Farm House, Icknield Road, Ipsden, OX10 6AS
Received 13 May 2025Copse House, Greys Green, RG9 4QQ
Received 5 Jan 202628 Deanfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UG
Received 8 May 2024Whiteways, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HW
Received 19 Apr 202414 The Croft Didcot OX11 8HR
Received 24 Aug 2026Records 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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