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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10,944 approved · 1,104 refused · 867 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Plum Tree Cottage, High Street, Little Milton, Oxford, OX44 7PU
Received 15 Sept 201924 Conduit Hill Rise, Thame, OX9 2EL
Received 5 Jun 2024The Prebendal, Priest End, Thame, OX9 3AA
Received 23 May 2024Creek End, Burcot, OX14 3DJ
Received 2 May 2023109 High Street, Thame, OX9 3DX
Received 10 Aug 2020Home Farm, Berrick Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7RQ
Received 24 Jun 2024Squires Cottage, St Johns Green, Wallingford, OX10 9DL
Received 27 Aug 20245 Winch Piece, Benson, OX10 6FW
Received 21 Mar 2025Durham Leys Pond, The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LP
Received 3 Feb 2025Sue Ryder Home For Palliative Care, Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, RG9 5DF
Received 23 Feb 20261 Dog Cottages, Peppard Common, Oxfordshire, RG9 5JX
Received 11 Nov 2024Land South of Hithercroft Road, Wallingford, OX10 9TA
Received 31 Mar 2020Abbottsleigh, 107 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LP
Received 16 Jan 20239 Kiln Lane, Garsington, OX44 9AR
Received 10 Nov 202553 Mill Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4QU
Received 31 Mar 202310 Balliol Drive Didcot OX11 9RJ
Received 11 May 2026Marigay, Russells Water, RG9 6EU
Received 10 Mar 2020Hollyhocks, 9 Martins Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JE
Received 23 Oct 202511 Cuddesdon Road, Horspath, OX33 1JD
Received 31 Jan 202512 St Helens Crescent, Benson, OX10 6RX
Received 9 Sept 2020Various Locations Whitchurch Hill
Received 4 Sept 2026Bridge House, Road Between Clifton Hampden and The Barley Mow, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EH
Received 29 Nov 202550 & 52 Greys Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SJ
Received 8 Feb 2023Home Farm, High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0QU
Received 4 Jul 2023Records 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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