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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
10,481 approved · 1,074 refused · 845 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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3 Wyndham Gardens, Wallingford, OX10 9AU
Received 8 Oct 20254 Lupton Road, Thame, OX9 3SE
Received 13 Sept 202321 Middle Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1HD
Received 21 Dec 2020The Berin Centre, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7LZ
Received 21 Jan 2025The Manor House, 26 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XX
Received 24 Sept 2024Alders Farm, Long Wittenham Road, North Moreton, OX11 9AZ
Received 14 Oct 2024The Berin Centre, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7LZ
Received 28 Aug 2024Crossways, Woodlands Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AA
Received 21 May 2024Sundial Cottage, Main Road, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9LN
Received 8 Dec 2023Land Opposite Memorial Hall, Memorial Avenue, Shiplake Cross, RG9 4DN
Received 24 Nov 202585 Brookmead Drive, Wallingford, OX10 9BH
Received 28 Feb 2023Land to the rear of Nos 79a & 81 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 27 Nov 2025Cherryton, Station Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JS
Received 13 Aug 2024West Hagbourne Pumping Station and Land, Hagbourne Hill, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NT
Received 24 Aug 2020Chalford Manor Farm, Chalford, OX39 4NH
Received 8 Mar 2023Land Off Old London Road, Wheatley
Received 14 Oct 201976 Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0HN
Received 21 Apr 20237 Hillside, Cholsey, OX10 9SG
Received 4 Dec 2023The Water Lane, Brookstones, Sydenham, OX39 4LY
Received 7 Aug 202385A Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JT
Received 18 Jul 2025Royal Oak House, Stowood, Beckley, OX3 9TY
Received 7 Nov 20226 Elmcroft, Goring, RG8 9EU
Received 5 Jun 2025Friends Meeting House, Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JJ
Received 16 Mar 20269 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NF
Received 3 Feb 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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