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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10,449 approved · 1,069 refused · 842 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Ashurst Court, London Road, Wheatley, OX33 1ER
Received 19 Jan 2026Court Leys, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NF
Received 1 Oct 2025Thame Service Station, Long Crendon Road, Thame, OX9 3SB
Received 20 Nov 2020Home Farm House, Holton, OX33 1QA
Received 7 Feb 2025The Boathouse, High Street, Goring, RG8 9AB
Received 10 Oct 2019The Old Parsonage, 25 High Street, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1XX
Received 6 Nov 20251 Birchen Close, Woodcote, RG8 0SW
Received 6 Jun 2023Telecommunications site at TV Police WT Station, Britwell Hill, Oxfordshire, OX49 5HD
Received 25 Nov 2024The Chequers Inn, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JN
Received 19 Sept 202415 Hawthorne Drive, Kingwood, RG9 5WE
Received 22 Aug 2025Building at Woods Farm, Britwell Hill, near Howe Hill, Oxon, OX49 5HD
Received 10 May 2024Land west of Main Avenue, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 1 Feb 2021Champion & Co Ltd, 7 St Marys Street, Wallingford, OX10 0EL
Received 6 Dec 202210 Harcourt Close, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1UZ
Received 1 Oct 2020Lynches Lodge, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HF
Received 12 Jun 2024Romans Way House, Plot on Sand Path (6 Roman Way), Beckley, OX3 9UA
Received 13 Mar 202318 Wheatfields, Didcot, OX11 0BQ
Received 19 Apr 20242 Queen Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HR
Received 1 Jun 202359 Woodlands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TD
Received 5 Oct 2020Red Cow House, Stoke Row, RG9 5NY
Received 25 Jun 2021Bridge End House, High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JT
Received 20 Oct 202318 Maple Road, Thame, OX9 2BH
Received 4 Aug 2023Land at Ladygrove East, Hadden Hill, Didcot, OX11 9BZ
Received 4 Feb 2026Land to the East of Orchard Stables Burcot OX14 3DQ
Received 14 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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