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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
10,980 approved · 1,108 refused · 867 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Winterbrook Nursing Home, 18 Winterbrook, Wallingford, OX10 9EF
Received 9 May 202358 Crawshay Drive, Emmer Green, RG4 8SY
Received 15 Sept 2023Garage on Blenheim Road, 46 Butts Road, Horspath, OX33 1RJ
Received 7 Jun 2021Doves, Spriggs Holly Lane, Spriggs Alley, Oxfordshire, OX39 4BU
Received 14 May 2021Beckley CP School, 3 Church Street, Beckley, OX3 9UT
Received 15 Mar 2021Earthtrust, Between Hill Farm and Sires Hill, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QZ
Received 15 Oct 20251A College Farm, The Barn, High Street, Benson, OX10 6SZ
Received 5 Oct 2020Land west of the Bridleway, Sand Path, Beckley, OX3 9UY
Received 19 Sept 2024Shepherds Cottage, Upperton, OX49 5NY
Received 24 Oct 2023Ipsden House, Road Passing Ipsden House, Ipsden, OX10 6AJ
Received 15 Mar 202115 Milton Manor Drive, Little Milton, OX44 7PT
Received 25 May 2021Wheatleys, High Street, South Moreton, Didcot, OX11 9AG
Received 16 Apr 2024The Stream House, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HQ
Received 9 Oct 2024Land at Crays Pond, B4526, Crays Pond, RG8 7QE
Received 8 Dec 2025Pyrton Hill House, Station Road, Pyrton, OX49 5DF
Received 31 Aug 2023Manor Farm House, Henton, OX39 4AE
Received 26 Aug 2020Blackstone House Bakers Lane Brightwell-cum-sotwell Wallingford OX10 0PX
Received 1 Jun 2026Field Farm, Rycote Lane, North Weston, OX9 2HQ
Received 27 May 202087A Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HX
Received 4 Jan 2021Willingtons Barn, Long Wittenham, Oxon, OX14 4QH
Received 25 Jan 202310 Arnold Way, Thame, OX9 2QA
Received 2 Jan 2024The Lime House, Cat Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7UL
Received 17 May 2021Croft Corner, Moreton Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EW
Received 29 Dec 2019Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, near Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 12 Feb 2025Records 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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