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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10,797 approved · 1,093 refused · 862 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Timbers Goring Heath Road Whitchurch Hill Reading RG8 7NU
Received 11 May 2026Various Sites
Received 14 Apr 202659 Old London Road, Benson, OX10 6RR
Received 5 Aug 2024St Marys Church, Church Road, Thame, OX9 3AJ
Received 7 Feb 202463 Lydalls Road, Didcot, OX11 7HX
Received 1 Oct 2019Rectory Cottage, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, Oxon, RG8 7DF
Received 20 Oct 202211 Pearce's Orchard, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LF
Received 12 Feb 202596 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JX
Received 30 Jan 2020Hampden House Monument Business Park, Jennings Of Garsington, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7RW
Received 15 Mar 2021Clevemede House, Clevemede, Goring, RG8 9BX
Received 1 Sept 2025OS/ Roann, Waterperry, OX33 1LD
Received 22 Apr 202449 Woodlands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TD
Received 25 Oct 2024Pancott, 1 Mill Lane, Great Haseley, OX44 7JU
Received 26 Nov 2020108A Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LU
Received 18 Nov 2019The Old Manor, Pound Lane, Stanton St John, OX33 1HF
Received 12 Jan 2021Land at Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, OX10 9TA
Received 15 Dec 2020Land between Swallow Barn and 2 Church End Cottages,, Waterperry Road, Holton, OX33 1PW
Received 24 Jul 2023Dryleas Sports Ground, Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JA
Received 23 Sept 2024Model Farm Yard, Model Farm, Shirburn, OX49 5DX
Received 8 Sept 2023Mulberry Cottage, 44 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 27 Apr 2023The Barn, Kings Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2DG
Received 9 May 2024177 Reading Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1DP
Received 2 Oct 2019Henley Golf Club, Road Running Through Harpsden, Harpsden, RG9 4HG
Received 29 Jan 2020Ponylands, Ladder Hill, Wheatley, OX331HY
Received 4 Jan 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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