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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11,022 approved · 1,111 refused · 868 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, near Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 28 Sept 2023Fawney High Street Whitchurch On Thames Reading RG8 7DD
Received 16 Sept 2026Unit 2, Centenary Business Park, Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1DS
Received 29 Apr 2025Mulleins, New Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LH
Received 7 May 2020The Dorian Centre, Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, RG4 9RF
Received 18 Nov 2024Ivy Cottages, Dunsden Green, Dunsden, RG4 9QJ
Received 22 May 2025National Trust, Greys Court, near Greys Green, RG9 4PG
Received 1 Oct 201950 Edinburgh Drive, Didcot, OX11 7HT
Received 31 Oct 2019Land off Wenman Road, Thame Fields (Reserve Site C), Thame
Received 20 Oct 20251 Mackney Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SQ
Received 18 Aug 2023The Coach House, The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LW
Received 10 Jul 2025Lashlake Nurseries Bungalow, Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QZ
Received 2 Jul 2021The Old Rectory, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RX
Received 3 Jan 2026The Spinney, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9ED
Received 2 Nov 2022Land west of Hale Road, Benson, Oxon
Received 3 Oct 2024Chiltern Croft, Lower Road, Postcombe, OX9 7DU
Received 28 Apr 202355A Wantage Road Wallingford OX10 0LS
Received 2 Jul 202694 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1TG
Received 20 Feb 2025Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TX
Received 30 Mar 2021Glasshouse, Peppard Lane, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1NQ
Received 2 Apr 202446 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JT
Received 28 Jun 2021Conway, 19 Baskerville Lane, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JY
Received 30 May 2025The Three Horseshoes, 16 The Green, Garsington, OX44 9DF
Received 21 Apr 2021Church Farm, Chiselhampton, OX44 7XF
Received 15 Jun 2021Records 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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