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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10,695 approved · 1,085 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Cromwell Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JH
Received 15 Dec 2020Old Stables, near Watlington, OX49 5HH
Received 5 Dec 202327 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1RQ
Received 27 Nov 20244 Old Barn Cottages, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EZ
Received 19 Nov 2020Larkstoke Farmhouse, Church Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6BZ
Received 25 Feb 2025Rose Cottage, High Street, Beckley, OX3 9UU
Received 9 May 2024Home Farm, High Street, South Moreton, OX11 9AG
Received 18 Mar 202121 Greenwood Meadow, Chinnor, OX39 4JQ
Received 28 Mar 2024Spencer Cottage, Moreton, OX9 2HX
Received 18 Mar 202542 Vicarage Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1HW
Received 18 Aug 202025 Mcmullan Close, Wallingford, OX10 0LQ
Received 31 Mar 2020Land adjoining 2 Town Farm Close, Lewknor, OX49 5TB
Received 10 Feb 202011 High Street Watlington OX49 5PZ
Received 10 Jun 2026Unit 320, Verda Park, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, OX10 9SJ
Received 24 May 2023Hallowell, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, OX44 7JG
Received 27 Mar 202530 Orchard Street, Didcot, OX11 7LG
Received 9 Oct 2023The Mill, Cuxham, OX49 5NF
Received 29 Apr 2020Land to the West of Copson Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7TZ
Received 10 Feb 2025Garsington Memorial Playing Field Denton Lane Garsington Oxford OX44 9EL
Received 2 Oct 2026The Old Saddlery The Green Great Milton Oxford OX44 7NT
Received 1 Sept 20262 Reading Road, Goring, RG8 0ET
Received 21 Feb 2025Land at Waterloo Farm to South East of Waterloo Close, Waterloo Close, Cholsey, Oxfordshire, OX10 9LU
Received 24 Feb 2026The Mill House, The Street, North Stoke, OX10 6BL
Received 12 Apr 20242 Partridge Close, Didcot, OX11 6AB
Received 29 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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