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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10,877 approved · 1,100 refused · 866 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Woodlands, Colmore Lane, Kingwood, RG9 5NA
Received 29 Sept 20236 Bartone Place, Thame, OX9 3ED
Received 12 Mar 2025Wyevale Country Gardens, Reading Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 16 Dec 2024The Manor House, Clifton Hampden, Oxon, OX14 3EF
Received 22 Apr 202543 Mill Lane, Benson, OX10 6SA
Received 26 Apr 20232 Monument Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7RH
Received 25 Jun 2021Cripps Cottage Otmoor Lane Beckley Oxford OX3 9UX
Received 13 Oct 202628 Ash Close, Watlington, OX49 5LW
Received 2 Feb 2024Lock End, Mill Lane, Shiplake, RG9 3ND
Received 27 Mar 202041 Abingdon Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JZ
Received 17 Jan 20239 Moreton Road, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EP
Received 23 May 2025The Sheilings, Hill Bottom, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PU
Received 26 Jul 2023Foxton, Track Leading To Box Cottage, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JY
Received 16 May 202568 West End Cholsey Wallingford OX10 9LP
Received 20 Jul 202639 Belle Vue Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JQ
Received 10 Mar 202026 High Street, Thame, OX9 2BZ
Received 9 Dec 2022North west corner of 'lake field' at, Durham Leys Farm, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LP
Received 27 Apr 2020Bethcote, Holton, OX33 1QA
Received 14 Apr 202311 Crispin Place, Wallingford, OX10 0DR
Received 14 Oct 2019Chiltern Ridge Farm, Park Corner, RG9 6DX
Received 23 May 202546 Couching Street Watlington OX49 5QQ
Received 15 Apr 20264 Beechcroft, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LS
Received 12 Oct 2025Victoria Cottage, Stoke Row, RG9 5PL
Received 17 Mar 202525 Norreys Road, Didcot, OX11 0AT
Received 15 Sept 2025Records 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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