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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
10,695 approved · 1,085 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East End House, 46 Shirburn Street, Watlington, OX49 5BT
Received 12 Nov 2025Belle Hatch Park, near Harpsden, RG9 4AN
Received 20 Dec 202419 Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DP
Received 20 Jun 2024Vine House, Brightwell Street, Brightwell cum Sotwell, OX10 0RU
Received 24 Jul 2023Lower Cross Farm, Blewbury Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LF
Received 9 Nov 2020Sycamores, South Stoke, RG8 0JJ
Received 2 Feb 2026Land at The Copse, Mill Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9HA
Received 2 Jan 202056 St Mary's Street, Wallingford, OX10 0EL
Received 5 Mar 202632 Upper High Street (rear of 18 Nelson Street), Thame, OX9 2DN
Received 12 Jan 20231 Yew Tree Court, Goring, RG8 9HF
Received 14 Feb 2024Bird In Hand Cottage, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NP
Received 27 Jan 202510 Wallingford Road, North Stoke, Wallingford, OX10 6BB
Received 19 Dec 2019Church House, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-sotwell, OX10 0RH
Received 20 Jun 2024Hsbc, 186 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8RP
Received 26 Feb 2020George Hotel, 27-29 High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7HH
Received 29 Apr 202111 Greenway, Thame, OX9 3BG
Received 2 Nov 2020Clifton Hampden Bypass, Between A34 Milton Interchange, & B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 20 Nov 20258 Holmlea Road, Goring, RG8 9EX
Received 4 Feb 2020Emerton House, 64 High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AB
Received 20 Oct 2023Dunsden Green Farm, Church Lane, Dunsden, RG4 9QD
Received 11 Dec 202017 Wood Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0AX
Received 18 Jan 202388 Wessex Road Didcot OX11 8BP
Received 21 Apr 202628 Vicarage Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1HJ
Received 19 Jun 202513 Prospect Place, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5AJ
Received 6 Feb 2023Records 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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