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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
10,834 approved · 1,097 refused · 864 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Phase 3, Land North of A4130, Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, OX10 9EJ
Received 11 Mar 2025The Barn, Little Wittenham, OX14 4RA
Received 10 Oct 201910 Winterbrook, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9EA
Received 8 Nov 2023Hurdlers Cottage 28 Cuxham Road Watlington OX49 5JW
Received 25 Aug 20261-2 St Peters Place, Wallingford, OX10 0BG
Received 26 Jan 2026Cedar Wood House, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0LP
Received 16 Sept 202424 Orchard Coombe, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QL
Received 18 May 2023Holly Cottage, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HJ
Received 3 Oct 2024155 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DD
Received 7 Mar 2023Alameda, 10 Rotherfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NN
Received 26 Jan 202610 Radnor Road, Wallingford, OX10 0NY
Received 25 Feb 20254 Thame Park Road, Thame, OX9 3JA
Received 8 Feb 202428 Prestwick Burn, Didcot, OX11 7UZ
Received 27 Oct 2023National Trust Greys Court Rotherfield Greys Henley-on-thames RG9 4PG
Received 28 Apr 2026Milton Pools Fishery, near Milton Common, OX44 7JE
Received 24 Oct 202335 Goldsmiths Lane Wallingford OX10 0DN
Received 18 Aug 2026Hempton Field Nursing Home, 36 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EB
Received 9 Nov 2022Waterstone House, Burcot, Oxon, OX14 3DN
Received 25 Jan 202348 Churchill Crescent, Thame, OX9 3JW
Received 5 Aug 2024Chiltern View, Lower Road, Postcombe, OX9 7DU
Received 5 Jan 2023Bridge House Caravan Park, Long Wittenham, OX14 3EH
Received 23 Feb 2026Parsonage Farm Cottage, Road Between Parsonage Farm And Green Lane, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JQ
Received 19 Oct 2020Treetops, Gillotts Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PT
Received 25 Mar 202533 Cowleaze, Chinnor, OX39 4TB
Received 5 Sept 2023Records 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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