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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
10,395 approved · 1,065 refused · 836 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11B Oxford Road Thame OX9 2AG
Received 26 May 2026Ripon College, Wheatley Road, Cuddesdon, OX44 9EX
Received 18 Dec 2025Hanks Yard, Holloway Farm, Milton Common, OX33 1GX
Received 22 Dec 2022Former Didcot A Power Station, Purchas Road, Didcot
Received 6 Jan 2020St Andrews Court, Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3WT
Received 19 Dec 20246 Middle Springs, Goring, RG8 0DX
Received 31 Mar 2020White Cottage, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NJ
Received 10 Feb 2023The Priory, Church Road, Great Milton, Oxon, OX44 7PB
Received 6 Jul 2020The Players Theatre, 3 Nelson Street, Thame, OX9 2DP
Received 13 Dec 202221 St Martins Street, Wallingford, OX10 0AL
Received 22 Feb 2023Berewiche Barn, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JQ
Received 1 May 2024Walnut Cottage 22 Road Running Through Little Haseley Little Haseley Oxford OX44 7LH
Received 14 Sept 2026Beech Cottage, Bakers Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PU
Received 9 Nov 2023Brook Cottage, Brookstones, Sydenham, OX39 4LY
Received 30 May 2024Purely Plants Nursery, Land off Wantage Road, Wallingford, OX10 0LU
Received 12 Sept 20235 Belle Vue Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JQ
Received 30 Jul 20256 Littleworth Road Benson Wallingford OX10 6LY
Received 24 Aug 20262 Bear Lane North Moreton Didcot OX11 9AS
Received 12 Aug 202626 The Avenue, Wheatley, OX33 1YL
Received 13 Jun 2024Brownings, The Street, Ewelme, Oxon, OX10 6HQ
Received 1 Jul 2020Tickledown, Wallingford Road, Mongewell, OX10 8DY
Received 6 Apr 2020Grange House, Burcot, OX14 3DJ
Received 17 Jan 20235C Buttermarket, Thame, OX9 3EW
Received 20 Apr 2023The Old Stables, Access Road To Stoke Talmage, Stoke Talmage, OX9 7EZ
Received 25 Nov 2024Records 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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