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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
10,944 approved · 1,104 refused · 867 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at Former Steve Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 22 Jun 20213 Passey Crescent, Benson, OX10 6LD
Received 12 May 2021Yew Tree Cottage, Cuxham, Oxon, OX49 5NF
Received 20 Apr 2021Benson Lock Keepers Cottage, 36 Preston Crowmarsh, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 7 Oct 201940 Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
Received 23 Jul 2024Churchview House, Priest End, Thame, OX9 3AB
Received 8 Nov 2024Friar Park, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 14 Nov 2022Walnut Tree Cottage, Mill Lane, Great Haseley, OX44 7JU
Received 10 Oct 2024Brook House, North Stoke, Nr Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 6BL
Received 8 Apr 2020Chestnut Barn, Crowsley, RG9 4JL
Received 21 Oct 202458 High Street, Wheatley, Oxon, OX33 1XT
Received 12 Dec 2025Park Farm House, Castle Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8DW
Received 11 Dec 2024Land opposite Penny Royal, Goring Heath, Oxon, RG8 7SD
Received 18 Dec 202011 Slade Road, Didcot, OX11 7AR
Received 15 Aug 2025Pylon CD22, Caudwells Fields, near Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DT
Received 14 Nov 2024The Gables, 26 Lower Road, Chinnor, OX39 4DT
Received 6 Oct 2020The Bell Surgery, York Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2DR
Received 19 Feb 2020Rycote 40, Rycote Lane, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2BY
Received 20 Jun 2023Hillcrest View, Harpsden Way, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1NX
Received 23 Apr 20212 Whittle Road, Thame, OX9 3PF
Received 25 Feb 2020Greet Hall, Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DH
Received 14 Aug 202322 Pritchard Close, Berinsfield, OX10 7QW
Received 10 Nov 2025Wheatley Campus
Received 20 Oct 2026The Barn House, 46 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EB
Received 9 Feb 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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