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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
10,722 approved · 1,086 refused · 857 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Little Martins, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0FT
Received 21 Oct 2024Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TX
Received 10 Nov 202378 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1TG
Received 31 Mar 2023The Cottage Cow Pool Berrick Salome Wallingford OX10 6JJ
Received 24 Sept 2026Alders Croft, High Street, South Moreton, OX11 9AD
Received 26 Mar 2021Land adjacent to The Rectory, 10 Hill Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5AD
Received 21 Dec 2020Graces Farm, Berrick Salome, Oxon, OX10 6JQ
Received 12 Jun 2023Mergh Farm, Stoke Row, RG9 5PD
Received 12 Jan 2024Field Cottage, Tidmore Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PH
Received 13 Sept 2023The Manor House, 26 High Street, Wheatley, OX33 1XX
Received 11 Jul 20246 Meadow Way, Didcot, OX11 0AU
Received 24 Apr 2020Marigay, Russells Water, RG9 6EU
Received 18 Aug 2020247 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QN
Received 4 Nov 20256 Dashwood Court, Aston Rowant, OX49 5TA
Received 24 Nov 2020The Elms, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DT
Received 27 Oct 202288 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HP
Received 27 Feb 20258 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NQ
Received 29 Jul 202055 Old London Road Benson Wallingford OX10 6RR
Received 12 Oct 202695 Old Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NX
Received 21 Nov 202248 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 20 Jun 202415 Beech Road, Wheatley, OX33 1UP
Received 3 Sept 202450 Valley Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1RR
Received 7 Jun 2021Little Somerford, Chalk Hill, Harpsden, RG9 4HN
Received 6 May 2021Isis Station Road Shiplake Henley-on-thames RG9 3JR
Received 10 Jun 2026Records 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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