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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
11,243 approved · 1,126 refused · 885 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cobwebs, Pebble Hill, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9ND
Received 9 Oct 2024Hill Cottage, High Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SJ
Received 6 Aug 20201 Millers Close, Goring, RG8 9BS
Received 6 May 2020Thatchings, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 10 May 2023Catherine Wheel, 7-9 Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AR
Received 25 Nov 2025Beauchamp Grange, Old Nursery Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RB
Received 6 Jan 2026Haseley Court Little Haseley Oxford OX44 7LL
Received 10 Sept 2026Lower Farm House, Stert Road, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SA
Received 11 Oct 2024Barn to the r/o The Little House, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 21 Oct 202423 Elm Drive, Garsington, OX44 9AG
Received 23 Aug 2023The Dairy, Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QY
Received 22 May 202520 High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
Received 6 Nov 2020The Mount, 9 Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0BJ
Received 18 Dec 20245 Abingdon Road Didcot OX11 9BL
Received 5 Jun 202618 Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LN
Received 17 Jun 2024The Stables, Parsons Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 10 Aug 202313 Kennedy Crescent, Cholsey, OX10 9QZ
Received 2 Oct 2023Jacaranda, 3 Old London Road, Milton Common, OX9 2JR
Received 22 Apr 2021Piccadilly Cottage, Ascott, OX44 7UJ
Received 10 Nov 20253 Well Place, Urquhart Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6ER
Received 28 Feb 202328 High Street, Thame, OX9 2AA
Received 28 May 2025Stepping Stones, Road Running Through Stoke Row, Stoke Row, RG9 5QL
Received 17 Jun 2024The Water Lane, Brookstones, Sydenham, OX39 4LY
Received 26 Feb 2024Wyckham House, 25 High Street, Lewknor, OX49 5TH
Received 3 Jan 2020Records 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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