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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
10,449 approved · 1,069 refused · 842 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Land Adjacent to Wheatley Windmill, Windmill Lane, Wheatley, OX33 1TA
Received 3 Feb 202149 Holmlea Road, Goring, RG8 9EX
Received 27 Nov 2024Watlington Service Station, 13 Couching Street, Watlington, OX49 5QF
Received 4 Nov 2024Basset Wood Farm, Basset Wood, Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 5QY
Received 19 Aug 20266 Sayers Orchard Didcot OX11 7BA
Received 27 Apr 2026Rycote Cottage, 1 Michaelis Road, Thame, OX9 2FB
Received 22 May 2024Swan House, 4 Victoria Gardens, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7DG
Received 10 Mar 2023Wychwood Cottage Park Corner Nettlebed Henley-on-Thames RG9 6DR
Received 2 Oct 20261 Aston Street Aston Tirrold Didcot OX11 9DJ
Received 20 Apr 20261 Elm Drive, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4HH
Received 22 Feb 2024Manor Farm, North Weston, Oxfordshire, OX9 2HG
Received 28 Jul 2025The White House, Road Running Through Pyrton, Pyrton, OX49 5AN
Received 12 Jun 2025The Glebe Cottage, High Street, Goring, RG8 9AP
Received 26 Nov 2019Sultans, 31 Oakley Court, near Nuffield, OX10 6QH
Received 23 Jul 2020All Saints C Of E Primary School, Tamar Way, Didcot, OX11 7LH
Received 29 Oct 202419 Crowsley Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JU
Received 3 Mar 2021Holly Cottage, Crowell, OX39 4RR
Received 22 May 202430 Lapwing Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9QS
Received 10 Nov 2025Sonning Common, Reades Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9LN
Received 21 Sept 2020H & C Pearce & Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS
Received 12 Mar 20249 Silver Street, Tetsworth, Thame, OX9 7AR
Received 10 Apr 2026Lime House, Colliers Lane, Peppard Common, RG9 5LT
Received 17 Dec 2020Land North of A4130, Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, OX10 9EJ
Received 3 Aug 2020OS 11, One End Lane, Wallingford, OX10 6P
Received 13 Jul 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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