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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
10,645 approved · 1,083 refused · 852 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Pasture Farm, Coldharbour, Stadhampton, OX44 7UG
Received 7 Mar 202356 Towersey Drive, Thame, OX9 3NS
Received 25 Jan 2021Chapel Wells, Pishill, RG9 6HJ
Received 23 May 2025Waterton, 33 Lambridge Wood Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 3BP
Received 14 Dec 2020Copperfields, Ferry Road, South Stoke, RG8 0JL
Received 29 Sept 2020Durham Leys Farm, The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LP
Received 2 Oct 20191 Quarry Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JW
Received 19 Apr 2021Culham Storage Limited, Land to the north of the Culham Science Centre, Thame Lane, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3GY
Received 1 Apr 20261 Ash Cottages, Wallingford Road, Little Stoke, OX10 6AY
Received 17 Nov 2025Nethercote Chinnor Road Aston Rowant Watlington OX49 5SH
Received 14 Oct 2026Adjacent: 3 Salt Lane Postcombe Thame OX9 7EE
Received 1 Jul 202639 Makins Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QA
Received 7 Jul 202327 Whitehouse Road, Woodcote, RG8 0RX
Received 30 Jul 2020Land adjacent to Hillview (aka The Cottage), Oakley Wood, OX10 6QG
Received 13 Jul 2020Varied locations in Ewelme detailed in proposal
Received 4 Sept 2025Gardeners Cottage, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HQ
Received 13 Jan 2021105 Henley Road, Sandford-On-Thames, OX4 4YW
Received 22 Nov 2019The Stone House, New Close Farm Road, Towersey, OX39 4AJ
Received 25 May 20231 War Memorial Place Henley-on-thames RG9 1EP
Received 28 Sept 20263 Silver Birches, Stanton St John, OX33 1HH
Received 13 Jun 2023Kate's Cottage, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 2 Feb 202350 Springhill Road, Goring, RG8 0DA
Received 10 Jun 202126 Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DU
Received 3 Oct 20192 Market Place Mews, Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 3 Mar 2021Records 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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