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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10,834 approved · 1,097 refused · 864 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Aureus Primary School, Clover Fields, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6GS
Received 20 Nov 2023Warren Cottage, Nuffield Lane, near Nuffield, OX10 6QN
Received 23 Apr 2021Willow Tree, High Road, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QR
Received 5 Jul 2021The Gardens, 14 Woodperry Road, Beckley, OX3 9UZ
Received 24 Mar 202115A Green Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9NA
Received 5 May 2023New Inn Barn, Beckley, OX3 9TY
Received 30 Nov 2022Syringa, Wargrave Road, near Henley-on-Thames, RG9 3JD
Received 18 Feb 2025Rolling Fields Glamping - Greenlands Farm, Cow Lane, Moulsford, OX10 9JT
Received 14 Jan 2021Lower Farm House, Stert Road, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SA
Received 31 Jan 2020Uplands, 42 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NQ
Received 30 Sept 2019Walbrook, Moreton, OX9 2HS
Received 11 Dec 2023Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 20 Apr 20231 Bourne Street Didcot OX11 8EH
Received 19 Jun 2026The Oxford Belfry Hotel, London Road, Milton Common, OX9 2JW
Received 17 Feb 202086 and 88 Papist Way, Cholsey, OX10 9QJ
Received 10 Oct 201997A Sinodun Road, Didcot, OX11 8HH
Received 9 Nov 20232 Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DU
Received 28 May 20217 Westfield Road, Benson, OX10 6NH
Received 18 Jun 2020The Red Lion, Peppard Common, RG9 5LB
Received 13 Mar 20261 Church Meadow, Watlington, OX49 5AG
Received 16 Jan 2023Bishop Court Farm, 93 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HP
Received 3 Oct 2024Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 23 Oct 2020Old Copse View, 1A Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5EJ
Received 1 Jun 20211 Alma Mews, Pearces Orchard, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2LF
Received 25 Feb 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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