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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
10,877 approved · 1,100 refused · 866 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newells Farm Shop, Stadhampton, OX44 7XJ
Received 6 Nov 202374 High Street, Thame, OX9 3AE
Received 10 Jun 2021Land between Pyrton Lane & Cuxham Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire
Received 25 Jan 202459 Abingdon Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LB
Received 22 Apr 2025Shirburn Castle, Castle Road, Shirburn, OX49 5DL
Received 17 Jul 2023Blissetts Main Street West Hagbourne Didcot OX11 0ND
Received 14 Oct 2026100 London Road, Wheatley, OX33 1YQ
Received 27 Jan 2020Church Barn, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 22 Apr 2021Fairview Farm, Newington, OX10 7AN
Received 1 Jun 2021Land to rear of 79a & 81 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor
Received 26 Mar 2024The Mount, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HW
Received 20 Aug 202459 and Thistley Piece, High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7BS
Received 4 Jan 2021The Maples Woodlands Road Harpsden Henley-on-thames RG9 4AA
Received 4 Aug 2026Flat, 14 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0AD
Received 29 Aug 2024Rush Court Nursing Home, Shillingford Road, Shillingford Hill, OX10 8LL
Received 21 Nov 2024Anona, 8 Manor Farm Road, Horspath, OX33 1SE
Received 25 Sept 2020The River And Rowing Museum, Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BF
Received 25 Nov 2022The Talkhouse, Wheatley Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1EX
Received 13 Sept 2024Millstone Cottage, Stoke Row, RG9 5PL
Received 25 Apr 2023The Red Lion Hotel, Hart Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AR
Received 5 Jun 202092 Vicarage Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JT
Received 8 Mar 202412 Chapel Street, Watlington, OX49 5QT
Received 11 Jan 2023Heathfield, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JN
Received 25 Oct 2024Watlington Bowls Club, NE of bowling green, Letts Alley, Watlington
Received 8 May 2024Records 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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