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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10,645 approved · 1,083 refused · 852 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
25 Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 19 May 2021Tithe Barn, Church Road, Thame, OX9 3AJ
Received 26 Feb 2021Land adjacent to Rustlings, Springwood Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JJ
Received 21 Aug 2020Queens Croft, Castle Street, Wallingford, OX10 8DW
Received 6 Jan 2020Priory Cottage, Road Between The Chequers Inn And The Chalgrove Turn, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JR
Received 14 Aug 2025Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 23 Oct 20206 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LJ
Received 11 Nov 2025The Oaks, Old Road, Shotover Hill, OX3 8TA
Received 4 Jan 2021Potters Farm, Old London Road, Ewelme, OX10 6PX
Received 16 Apr 2026Dobsons, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RH
Received 2 Sept 2020Sports Pavilion And Field, Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5JD
Received 7 Sept 2023Land To The North West Of Stoke Talmage, Stoke Talmage, South Oxfordshire, OX9 7HB
Received 16 Feb 20237 Blewbury Road, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9LE
Received 19 Oct 202213 Page Furlong, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7PU
Received 31 Jan 2024170 Greys Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1QR
Received 27 Jan 2020The Granary, 1 Dove House Lane, Cuddesdon, OX44 9EG
Received 26 Jul 2024Fields northern and eastern outskirts of Watlington, Cuxham Road, Pyrton Lane, Oxfordshire, OX49 5LZ
Received 1 Aug 2025Land at Lady Grove, Didcot, OX11 9BP
Received 23 Aug 2024Champion & Co Ltd, 7 St Marys Street, Wallingford, OX10 0EL
Received 6 Oct 202331 Queen Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AR
Received 8 Sept 20251 Sydenham Grove, Sydenham, OX39 4LP
Received 21 Feb 2024Land South of High Street, Lewknor, Watlington
Received 21 Sept 2026124 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8AD
Received 28 Apr 2020The Well House, 34 High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
Received 11 Dec 2020Records 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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