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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
10,424 approved · 1,069 refused · 840 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mill House, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HN
Received 21 Nov 2019Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 3 Dec 2020Nuthatch Grange, Uxmore Road, Checkendon, RG8 0SU
Received 7 Jan 202548 Berkshire Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1NB
Received 6 Aug 2020Little Place, Satwell Close, Satwell, RG9 4QT
Received 25 Sept 202482 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XP
Received 14 Jan 2020Crowmarsh Exhaust & Service Centre, Beadle Trading Estate, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, OX10 9DG
Received 23 Jul 2020Building 270, RAF Benson, Benson, OX10 6AA
Received 3 Dec 2024The Old Court, Winterbrook, WALLINGFORD, Oxon, OX10 9DX
Received 27 Jan 2020The Smith Centre, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6AB
Received 24 Sept 2025The Cottage, Exlade Street, RG8 0UA
Received 14 Mar 202556 Roding Way, Didcot, OX11 7RQ
Received 29 Jul 20207 Gadge Close, Thame, OX9 2BD
Received 5 Nov 2020St Mary's Churchyard, Church Rd, Wheatley, OX33 1LZ
Received 20 Jun 2024Home Farm House, High Street, South Moreton, Oxon, OX11 9AG
Received 8 Jul 202017 Holmlea Road, Goring, RG8 9EX
Received 1 Jun 2021Durham Leys Farm, The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LP
Received 20 Mar 2020Elm Close, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QQ
Received 11 May 202134 Blenheim Road, Horspath, OX33 1RZ
Received 19 Dec 201959 Brook Street, Benson, OX10 6LH
Received 18 Jan 2023Trees, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9BB
Received 20 Mar 20242A Wootton Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1QE
Received 5 Mar 202156 New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 30 Apr 202135 Foxhall Road Didcot OX11 7AG
Received 10 Jun 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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