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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
11,022 approved · 1,111 refused · 868 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Quarry Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JW
Received 11 Apr 2023Newlands, Platts Lane, Northend, RG9 6LQ
Received 21 Aug 2023Magpies House, Woodcutters Lane, Nettlebed, RG9 5BG
Received 21 Jan 2025Cranbrook Cottage, 17 The Green South, Warborough, OX10 7DR
Received 8 Dec 2025Squirrels, Road Between Lilac Cottage And Squirrels, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TN
Received 26 Nov 2024Eveleghs, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 23 Jun 2025Lower Dean Lodge, Howe Road, Watlington Park, near Watlington, OX49 5ES
Received 24 Apr 202348 Park Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1DD
Received 2 Dec 2025Lord Williams Upper School, Oxford Road, Thame, OX9 2AQ
Received 12 Oct 2023White Cross Farm, Reading Road, Cholsey, Oxfordshire
Received 29 Jul 2020Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons, Church Rd, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 1 Jul 2024Old Priory, Little Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SG
Received 28 Jun 20218 Bourne Street, Didcot, OX11 8EH
Received 14 Sept 2023Lewknor Postcode area
Received 5 Jan 2023Little Gable Cottage, Church Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JU
Received 19 Feb 202026 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 7 Feb 2025Rectory Farm House, Church Lane, North Stoke, Oxon
Received 17 Mar 202055 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NF
Received 15 Jan 2026Henley-On-Thames Town Hall, Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AQ
Received 4 Jan 2021Hartslock Cottage, Whitehall Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0TN
Received 30 Oct 202023 Grange Close, Goring-on-Thames, RG8 9DY
Received 5 Dec 2022Fir Tree County Junior School, Radnor Road, Wallingford, OX10 0NY
Received 6 Jan 2025Land at The Elms, Thame
Received 5 Apr 2024Braziers Park College, Brazier Park, Ipsden, OX10 6AN
Received 27 Mar 2025Records 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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