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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
11,298 approved · 1,128 refused · 887 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ganders, 1A Mill Lane, WALLINGFORD, Oxon, OX10 0DH
Received 3 Sept 2020Frieze Cottage, Crowsley, RG9 4JL
Received 12 Jun 2023Cherry Trees, Road Passing The Home Sweet Home, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 14 Aug 201928 Wallingford Road, Cholsey, Wallingford, OX10 9LG
Received 25 Mar 2026The Dorian Centre Bird Wood Court Sonning Common RG4 9RF
Received 14 Jul 202660 Fir Tree Avenue, Wallingford, OX10 0PD
Received 28 Apr 2021Sports Ground, Kingsey Road, Thame, OX9 3JL
Received 15 Dec 202248 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LR
Received 4 Mar 202044 Northfield End, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2JN
Received 24 Oct 2022Rush Court Nursing Home, Shillingford Road, Shillingford Hill, OX10 8LL
Received 28 Mar 2024Stockwells, Thorpe Street, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EG
Received 14 May 202439 St Helens Way, Benson, OX10 6SP
Received 6 Oct 2025Oakwood, 22 Rotherfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NN
Received 17 Feb 202661 Green Close, Didcot, OX11 8TE
Received 23 Jul 2020Allotment Plot, Wheatley Road, Garsington, OX44 9ER
Received 23 Jan 2020Well Cottage, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 5 Apr 202431E High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 25 Sept 202360 Haydon Road, Didcot, OX11 7JR
Received 28 Apr 2023Brownings, The Street, Ewelme, Oxon, OX10 6HQ
Received 27 Apr 2020Stowford Farm, Bayswater Road, near Barton, OX3 9RZ
Received 27 Mar 2023Wallingford, Wallingford Bypass Wallingford, Land North of A4130, Wallingford, OX10 9EJ
Received 18 Jan 2024Merton House, 65 Bell Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BD
Received 18 May 2021Millstone Cottage, 13 Thames Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0HD
Received 24 Jul 202024 High Street, Culham, OX14 4NA
Received 11 Dec 2024Records 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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