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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
10,922 approved · 1,103 refused · 866 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Breach House, Halfpenny Lane, near Moulsford, OX10 9JN
Received 10 Oct 202447 Ilges Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NX
Received 22 May 202315 High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PZ
Received 9 Oct 2025The Old Post Office Brightwell Street Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RX
Received 31 Jul 2026Land North of Middle Way, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 14 Jun 2021Land at Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 4 Feb 20255 Jethro Tull Gardens, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8DS
Received 2 Mar 2023Orchards, Colmore Lane, Kingwood, RG9 5NA
Received 3 Nov 2020Sprimont House, Station Road, Goring, RG8 9HA
Received 30 Nov 2019Mount View, Pyrton, OX49 5AP
Received 23 Oct 2024Woodsgift House, Nuffield Lane, near Nuffield, OX10 6QQ
Received 26 Jun 2020Brightwell Manor A, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 19 Jun 2023Tree Tops, Gillott's Lane, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1PT
Received 4 Aug 2020Winsey View Farm, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JT
Received 18 Sept 2020Pond House, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 5 Jun 2024Rose Cottage Access Track To Merrimoles Farm Highmoor Henley-on-Thames RG9 5DL
Received 6 May 2026The Byre, Mackney Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SQ
Received 5 Feb 20202 Reading Road, Goring, RG8 0ET
Received 5 Nov 2024Land adjacent to former Newington Nurseries/Newbury Hill View Stadhampton
Received 2 Oct 2026Car Park, The Mint, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0XB
Received 23 Mar 202131 High Street, Thame, OX9 2AA
Received 26 Jan 20235 New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BP
Received 15 Jun 2021Thatched Cottage, Chazey Heath, RG4 7UF
Received 18 Sept 2025Clevemede House Clevemede Goring Reading RG8 9BX
Received 5 Jun 2026Records 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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