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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10,922 approved · 1,103 refused · 866 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
16 Folly Green, Woodcote, RG8 0ND
Received 1 Nov 201916 Wills Road, Didcot, OX11 7DH
Received 18 Sept 202454 Thame Road, Warborough, Oxon, OX10 7DA
Received 12 Aug 2025Well Cottage, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 14 Dec 2022Northview Cottage, 26 Back Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AW
Received 27 Oct 202016 Mountfield, Goring on Thames, RG8 0BE
Received 25 Mar 202434 Blenheim Road, Horspath, OX33 1RZ
Received 16 Apr 20201 Cullum Road, Wheatley, OX33 1XD
Received 7 Jul 2025Manor Cottage, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QS
Received 1 Oct 20202 Coscote Cottages, Coscote, OX11 0NP
Received 1 Jun 202197 Abingdon Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LB
Received 19 Jun 2024Old Farm House, Cox Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QG
Received 8 Jun 202325 Blackthorn Rise, Tetsworth, OX9 7DZ
Received 25 Sept 2025Thames Bank Meadow Road Henley-on-thames RG9 1BE
Received 13 Oct 2026Trees, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9BB
Received 2 Jan 2025Land Adj. The Brook Surgery High Street Chalgrove OX44 7AF
Received 18 Aug 2026The Orchards, Neals Lane, Wyfold, RG4 9JF
Received 19 Jun 2023Summer Cottage, Cane End, RG4 9HG
Received 25 Mar 2024The Stone House, New Close Farm Road, Towersey, OX39 4AJ
Received 11 Dec 2023Caversham Heath Golf Club, Road From Nuney Wood To A4074, Mapledurham, RG4 7UT
Received 21 Aug 2020Four Oaks Caravan Site, Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2HY
Received 18 Oct 202324 Barley Close, Wallingford, OX10 9BX
Received 6 Apr 202157 High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 21 Aug 202083 High Street Thame OX9 3EQ
Received 16 Jul 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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