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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
10,376 approved · 1,064 refused · 834 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Tollgate Road Culham Abingdon OX14 4NE
Received 22 Apr 202642 St Marks Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 26 Mar 20214 Church Lane, Lewknor, OX49 5TP
Received 22 May 2020Newhaven, Rosebery Road, Tokers Green, RG4 9EL
Received 27 Jan 2026The Crown, Pishill
Received 16 Feb 2024The Abbey Church Of St Peter And St Paul, Graveyard, High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7HH
Received 26 May 2020Byfields, 13 Watling Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JG
Received 20 Jun 2024Cornerstone Arts Centre, 25 Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NE
Received 15 May 2024Culham Science Centre Abingdon OX14 3DB
Received 9 Jul 2026Forget me Not Farm Northend Road Christmas Common Watlington OX49 5HW
Received 15 Jul 2026Well Place Manor, Well Place Road, Ipsden, OX10 6QZ
Received 20 Jun 202412 Norreys Close, Didcot, OX11 0AS
Received 10 Jul 2020Land to the South of Sires Hill, Didcot, Oxfordshire
Received 30 Oct 202312 Westfield Road, Long Wittenham, OX14 4RF
Received 1 Jul 2021The Tapp House, Hop Gardens, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2EH
Received 14 Sept 2020The Blue Cross, London Road, Lewknor, OX49 5RY
Received 1 Feb 2024Captains Cottage, 18 Fieldside, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LQ
Received 24 Nov 202319 Kellys Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NT
Received 5 Feb 2021Upper Nuttalls Farmhouse, Russells Water, RG9 6HP
Received 22 Aug 2025Stonor Park, Stonor, RG9 6HF
Received 28 Feb 2020Middle Farmhouse, Crowell Road, Chinnor, OX39 4GP
Received 8 Aug 202514 Fairfax Gate, Wheatley, OX33 1QE
Received 22 Mar 202631 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LP
Received 12 Feb 20267 Lycroft Close, Goring, RG8 0AT
Received 20 Jun 2023Records 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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