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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
10,616 approved · 1,081 refused · 849 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31E High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 7 Nov 2022Oakbank, 19 Tanners Lane, Chalkhouse Green, RG4 9AD
Received 1 Apr 2021Helmswood, Rosebery Road, Tokers Green, RG4 9EL
Received 9 Dec 202014 The Forty, Cholsey, Oxon, OX10 9LH
Received 21 Mar 2025Henley College, Paradise Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1TZ
Received 4 Dec 2020Drovers Farm, Henton, OX39 4AP
Received 29 Nov 202310 Davenport Place, Watlington, OX49 5QA
Received 7 Jul 202326 London Road, Wheatley, OX33 1YA
Received 21 Oct 2020Church Cottage, Main Street, Forest Hill, OX33 1EG
Received 11 Aug 20252 Cuttle Brook Gardens, Thame, OX9 2AZ
Received 31 Aug 2023Milton Pools Fishery, near Milton Common, OX44 7JE
Received 23 Apr 2025JC Manor/New Manor Farm, Elsfield Way, near Marston, OX2 8ER
Received 6 Nov 2025Warren Farm, Aston Hill, near Aston Rowant, OX49 5SD
Received 26 Sept 2023Land to rear of 17 Roman Road Wheatley Oxford OX33 1UU
Received 23 Jul 2026Jemmetts Cottage, 4 Oxford Road, Thame, Oxon, OX9 2AH
Received 14 Jan 2026Thornton Lodge, Stonor, RG9 6HE
Received 21 Mar 2024Black Barn Farm, Church Road, Ipsden, OX10 6AE
Received 13 Mar 2023S/O Cariad Court, Cleeve Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 9BT
Received 20 Dec 2023The Lilacs, Brook Street, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5JH
Received 6 Aug 2020The Well House, 15 Southend, Garsington, OX44 9DH
Received 9 Jul 2024Colmore Farm House, Colmore Lane, Kingwood, RG9 5LX
Received 23 Oct 202526 Diamond Drive, Didcot, OX11 6FH
Received 11 Mar 2021The Old Vicarage, Friends Of The Elderly, Road Running Through Moulsford, Moulsford, OX10 9JB
Received 5 May 2021Rectory Farm, Pound Lane, Stanton St John, OX33 1HF
Received 6 May 2020Records 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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