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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
10,520 approved · 1,076 refused · 848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Doveswood, Maidensgrove, RG9 6HN
Received 1 Dec 202019A Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA
Received 11 Mar 202418-20 Orchard Centre Management, Station Road, Didcot, OX11 7LL
Received 2 Mar 202135 Langley Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7SZ
Received 16 Jan 2020The New Club 3 Blenheim Lane Wheatley Oxford OX33 1NJ
Received 24 Jun 20265 Benares Grove, Stoke Row, RG9 5QN
Received 10 Jun 2020Northend, 25 Cuxham Road, Watlington, OX49 5JW
Received 11 May 20212 Barn Cottages, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RA
Received 1 Apr 2021Field House, Watlington Road, Stadhampton, OX44 7UQ
Received 2 Jun 20212 Orchard Close Didcot OX11 7JE
Received 10 Apr 2026Bywater, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 18 Apr 2024Flint House, Reading Road, Goring Heath, RG8 0LL
Received 30 Oct 202525 Wentworth Road, Thame, OX9 3XQ
Received 9 Oct 2024South Barn, Lower Farm Lane, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4UT
Received 20 Sept 2023Home Farm House, Holton, OX33 1QA
Received 7 Feb 2025Field behind Charity Farm Cottage, Goring Heath
Received 17 Dec 2020Fieldside, Oxford Road, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EW
Received 16 Oct 2023The Old Farmhouse, The Street, North Stoke, OX10 6BL
Received 30 May 2024The Manor Stables, Thame Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JY
Received 9 Apr 202414 Holly Lane, DIDCOT, OX11 6DA
Received 6 Nov 2019Great Leys Farm, Leys Barn, Lower Road, Garsington, Oxford, OX44 9BE
Received 14 Nov 20256 Orchard Centre, Didcot, OX11 7LG
Received 3 Apr 2023Aston House Stud, The Green, Aston Rowant, Watlington, OX49 5ST
Received 24 Jul 202049 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NF
Received 1 Aug 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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