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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10,980 approved · 1,108 refused · 867 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Orchard House, 8C Oakley Road, Chinnor, OX39 4HZ
Received 22 Mar 202111 Aston Park, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SW
Received 23 Feb 2026Didcot Fire Station, Broadway, DIDCOT, Oxon, OX11 8RX
Received 22 Jan 2020The Mill House, Mill Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7UP
Received 3 Feb 2026253 Greys Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1QS
Received 10 Mar 202118 Harwood Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LX
Received 14 Mar 20235 Marlow Close, Wallingford, OX10 0PF
Received 16 Apr 20255 Spring Terrace, Gravel Road, Binfield Heath, RG9 4LU
Received 27 Oct 2022The Wheat Barn, Lying west of the Priory, Britwell Salome
Received 30 May 2024Rushton House Church Lane Rotherfield Peppard Henley-on-thames RG9 5JR
Received 5 Jun 2026Pennyford House, Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5JE
Received 29 Apr 202426 Greys Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SJ
Received 26 Jul 2023Henley-on-Thames Town Hall, Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AQ
Received 17 Jan 2023123 Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QS
Received 9 Mar 2024Harlesford Farm, near Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7BX
Received 16 Sept 2020The Old Vicarage, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PB
Received 25 Mar 2024Walled Garden House, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7EP
Received 5 Dec 20232 Fowlers Close Wheatley Oxford OX33 1GE
Received 1 Sept 2026Stoney Lane Cottage, Stoney Lane Track, Little Haseley, OX44 7LU
Received 14 Nov 2025New Bungalow, Cuxham, OX49 5NQ
Received 27 Nov 202339 Wallingford Road, Shillingford, OX10 7ET
Received 3 May 202352-52a Flint House, High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0DB
Received 14 Feb 2024Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 25 Sept 2024Waitrose, Greyhound Lane, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3ZD
Received 16 Dec 2024Records 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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