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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11,096 approved · 1,116 refused · 876 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Grundon Waste Management Ltd Goulds Grove Ewelme Wallingford OX10 6PJ
Received 17 Apr 2026Henley College Paradise Road Henley-on-thames RG9 1TZ
Received 17 Apr 2026Yeats Lodge, 1-41 Greyhound Lane, Thame, OX9 3ZD
Received 11 Jul 2019Land to south west of Cowley Substation, near Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PA
Received 13 Dec 2024Croft Corner, Moreton Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EW
Received 1 Oct 2024Almshouses, Goring Heath, RG8 7RS
Received 24 Aug 2020New Farm House, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NH
Received 9 Mar 2021Elm Villas, Dunsden Way, Binfield Heath, RG9 4LE
Received 2 May 2024Clevemede House, Clevemede, Goring, RG8 9BX
Received 20 Feb 202650 Makins Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1PR
Received 9 Jul 2021The Railway Inn, Station Road, near Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 3BT
Received 5 Dec 20191 and 3 West End, Cholsey, OX10 9LW
Received 16 Nov 2020SOX080, Grass Verge at Grenoble Road, Littlemore, Oxfordshire, OX4 4XU
Received 2 Dec 2020Stones Farmhouse, Little Haseley, OX44 7LH
Received 13 Feb 2025Deers Leap, Maidensgrove, RG9 6EZ
Received 21 Jun 2021Land North Of A4130, Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 6 Apr 2023Sonning Quarry, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TX
Received 12 Oct 202218 Balfour Cottages, Burcot, OX14 3DR
Received 8 Feb 2023Riverside Cottage Chiselhampton Oxford OX44 7UY
Received 11 May 2026Down Farm, Didcot, OX11 6DJ
Received 27 Sept 20233 Rupert Close, Chalgrove, OX44 7RT
Received 22 Dec 202230 Esingdon Drive, Thame, OX9 3DS
Received 28 Apr 2023Sue Ryder Home For Palliative Care Joyce Grove Nettlebed RG9 5DF
Received 29 Apr 202631 Manor Drive Horspath Oxford OX33 1RW
Received 3 Sept 2026Records 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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