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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
10,764 approved · 1,089 refused · 859 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 & 28 Henley Road, Shillingford, OX10 7EH
Received 9 Dec 202422 Fairfax Gate, Holton, OX33 1QE
Received 5 Feb 202655 Brookmead Drive, Wallingford, OX10 9BG
Received 2 Mar 202354 High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 23 Dec 2020Manor Farm South, High Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5DA
Received 17 Oct 2023Acorn Nurseries, Milton Road, Stadhampton, OX44 7XX
Received 29 Nov 2019Long Reach House, Pickets Lane, North Stoke, OX10 6BU
Received 24 Jun 2025Land off Churchfield Lane, Benson, OX10 6SH
Received 28 Aug 2020Brook Farm House, 66 Brook Street, Benson, OX10 6LH
Received 18 Dec 2024Chinnor Turf & Paving Suppliers, Bartons, Springfield Gardens, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4DY
Received 9 Dec 2019Upper Farmhouse, 46 Hammer Lane, Warborough, OX10 7DJ
Received 14 Oct 2024Green Thatch, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0ND
Received 15 Nov 2019The Old Lodge, Colmore Lane, Kingwood, RG9 5NA
Received 14 Nov 2023Global Retreat Centre (Brahma Kumaris), Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PG
Received 13 May 2020Land South Of Greenwood Avenue, Chinnor
Received 18 Sept 2020Glen Ray, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9UX
Received 22 Apr 2021The Moat House, Manor Farm Lane, East Hagbourne, OX11 9ND
Received 11 Apr 2023Manor Farm South, High Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5DA
Received 4 Feb 20259 & 10, Stoke Talmage, Oxfordshire, OX9 7EY
Received 4 Aug 2023South Barn, Lower Farm Lane, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4UT
Received 8 Feb 2024Larch Corner, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RJ
Received 12 Sept 2024Church Corner House, Beckley, OX3 9US
Received 18 Dec 2020The Forge, Watlington Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5AA
Received 8 Aug 2025Anona, 8 Manor Farm Road, Horspath, OX33 1SE
Received 20 May 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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