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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
11,096 approved · 1,116 refused · 876 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plumtree Cottage Whitehall Lane Checkendon Reading RG8 0TN
Received 10 Aug 2026Phase 1 Plots 51-125, Land to the West of Wallingford (Site B), Wallingford
Received 3 Dec 20196 West Street, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 2DT
Received 4 Nov 202025 Oakley Road, Chinnor, OX39 4HD
Received 7 Mar 202356 New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 1 Jun 2021American Barn, Crockmore Farm, Henley Park, RG9 6HY
Received 30 Oct 2020Phyllis Court Club, Phyllis Court Drive, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2HT
Received 31 Mar 2021The Old Coach House, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HU
Received 5 Sept 20191 The Monkery, Church Road, Great Milton, Oxford, OX44 7PB
Received 30 Oct 2019The Oratory School, The Oratory Drive, Woodcote, RG8 0PJ
Received 16 Jun 202533 High Street Dorchester-on-Thames Wallingford OX10 7HN
Received 30 Jul 202622 Bix Common, Bix, RG9 6BS
Received 4 Nov 20253 Thatch Cottage, Elsfield, OX3 9UL
Received 24 Jan 20241-2 The Cottage, Hill Top Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4BH
Received 13 Jul 2020Studio At Pyt Cottage, Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 2JA
Received 30 Oct 20255 Bell Lane, Wheatley, OX33 1XY
Received 2 Mar 2023'The Hide', Breach Park Farm, Halfpenny Lane, near Moulsford, OX10 9JN
Received 15 Jul 2024The Barn, Halla Farm, Chalkhouse Green Lane, Chalkhouse Green, RG4 9AN
Received 31 Oct 2024Pope Farm, Fullers Road, Aston Tirrold, Didcot, OX11 9EN
Received 2 Oct 2019McAvoy Group, Chalgrove Depot, Monument Business Park, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove
Received 16 Jan 2023Building E2, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 13 May 202421 Lea Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9LH
Received 7 Nov 2022Oakdale Court and Meriden Court, Wallingford, OX10 0ST
Received 24 Sept 20205-6 Market Place, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0EG
Received 4 Jan 2024Records 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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