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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10,520 approved · 1,076 refused · 848 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Kerak, Chalkhouse Green Road, Kidmore End, RG4 9AS
Received 12 May 2023Phase 2 & 4 Willington Down, Land at North East Didcot, Didcot
Received 21 Mar 20245 Spring Lane, Watlington, OX49 5QL
Received 13 Mar 20267 The Crescent, East Hagbourne, OX11 9JY
Received 9 Feb 2026Red House West, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-sotwell, OX10 0RG
Received 30 Jan 2023Cedar House, Tanners Lane, Chalkhouse Green, RG4 9AD
Received 13 Feb 202529 Beech Road, Wheatley, OX33 1UR
Received 19 Aug 20246 Wallingford Road, North Stoke, OX10 6BD
Received 8 Jun 2023Cullum House, Ambrose Rise, Wheatley, OX33 1XE
Received 6 Feb 202417 Rotherfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NR
Received 9 Nov 2020Badgers Brook, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JW
Received 29 Jan 20216 Station Road Wallingford OX10 0HU
Received 29 May 2026JoJo's Vineyard (Formerly Chiltern Hills Farm), Russells Water, RG9 6EU
Received 17 Dec 202014 Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0AH
Received 26 Jun 202516 Milton Close, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1UJ
Received 29 Mar 2021Pinewood, 7 Rotherfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NR
Received 30 Sept 2025BP Service Station, Thame Road, Stadhampton, OX44 7TP
Received 16 Oct 2019Brook Garden, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 8 Jun 2021The Boathouse, Shillingford Court, Shillingford, OX10 7EP
Received 5 Sept 2024Overview Stud, Sandy Lane, Horspath, OX33 1TF
Received 30 Jul 202537 Wessex Way, Long Wittenham, OX14 4SQ
Received 15 May 2023Duck Cottage, 3 Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PU
Received 20 Apr 2020Rectory Farm House, Church Lane, North Stoke, Oxon, OX10 6BQ
Received 4 Mar 2024Hill Farm, 18 The Green, Garsington, OX44 9DF
Received 26 Feb 2024Records 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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