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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
11,142 approved · 1,118 refused · 878 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Sandy Lane Estate, Tiddington, OX9 2LJ
Received 20 Jan 202028 Blandy Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1QB
Received 17 May 2021Land to the west of Wallingford Road, Adjacent to Sewage Works, between Goring and South Stoke, RG8 0JA
Received 9 Oct 2024Chiltern View, 35 Windmill Road, Towersey, OX9 3QQ
Received 2 Dec 2025BT Cabinet 5, OPP Old Well Cottage, Kidmore Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9AX
Received 27 Aug 2025Skirmers, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DQ
Received 2 Oct 20248 Garden City, Thame, OX9 3NT
Received 11 Feb 2020Church Farm, Holton, OX33 1PR
Received 14 Aug 2023Shiplake College Reading Road Shiplake Henley-on-Thames RG9 4BW
Received 14 Aug 202665 Station Road, Wallingford, OX10 0JZ
Received 3 Dec 2019Culham Wastewater Treatment Works, near Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DD
Received 7 Jul 20257 Lacemakers, Chinnor, OX39 4TR
Received 28 May 2020Cholsey County Primary School, Church Road, Cholsey, OX10 9PP
Received 9 Mar 2020Lobb Farm, Tetsworth
Received 28 May 2026Manor Barn, Foxglove Lane, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NW
Received 28 Nov 202211 Crown Lane, Benson, OX10 6LP
Received 23 Apr 20205 New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BP
Received 15 Jun 2021Whitehill Barn, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JN
Received 4 May 202347 Preston Crowmarsh, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 11 Dec 20196 Kentwood Close, Cholsey, OX10 9NQ
Received 12 Mar 20201 Coombe End, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PD
Received 10 Mar 20206 - 8 High Street, Thame, OX9 2BU
Received 24 Mar 2025Lavender Cottage, Greenfield, OX49 5HF
Received 28 Oct 20194 Hill Road, Lewknor, OX49 5TS
Received 7 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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