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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
10,797 approved · 1,093 refused · 862 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Swanston Field, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7HP
Received 7 Oct 202012 Tavistock Avenue, DIDCOT, OX11 8NA
Received 7 Nov 2019Land to the north of Henley House, Howe Road, near Watlington, OX49 5EL
Received 10 Mar 2023Garsington Manor, 28 Southend, Garsington, OX44 9DH
Received 20 Jan 202661 Bell Street, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2BA
Received 16 Apr 2021Basswood, Northfield Avenue, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PD
Received 12 Dec 2025Green Lanes, 91 Thame Road, Warborough, Oxon, OX10 7DU
Received 29 Jun 2020Keepers Cottage, Wheatley Road, Forest Hill, OX33 1EP
Received 9 Oct 2023Hartwood House, Hollandtide Lane, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JT
Received 14 Jun 2024Garsington Manor, 28 Southend, Garsington, OX44 9DH
Received 17 Jan 202421 Rowland Close, Wallingford, OX10 8LA
Received 31 Oct 2022Bramley House, Icknield Road, Goring, RG8 0DL
Received 15 Aug 2024Emmanuel Ranch Windmill Road Towersey Thame OX9 3QQ
Received 17 Aug 202642a Hagbourne Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8DR
Received 13 Apr 2021Conway Farm, Satwell, RG9 4QZ
Received 16 Apr 20207 Winters Field, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EE
Received 19 May 2025Near 5 Ditchend Farm Cottages Rofford Lane, and opposite Lark Rise Blenheim Lane, Little Milton, Oxfordshire, OX44 7QG
Received 22 Nov 2022Arbour Rise, Bell Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QE
Received 9 Jan 2026Facy, 27-31 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 26 Jun 2025HMP Huntercombe, Huntercombe Place, near Nuffield, RG9 5SB
Received 6 Apr 2023Air Products Plc, Hawksworth, Didcot, OX11 7PL
Received 10 Jan 2023Little Gables, The Green, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SD
Received 12 Mar 2024Bushwood House, Nottwood Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5PU
Received 13 Aug 202516 St Marks Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1LJ
Received 19 Aug 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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