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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
11,371 approved · 1,134 refused · 893 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rush Court Gardens, Shillingford Road, Shillingford Hill, OX10 8LJ
Received 22 Oct 202427 Broadwaters Avenue, Thame, OX9 2DU
Received 18 May 20201 Alisons Lane, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9GW
Received 10 Nov 202252 Vicarage Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1HU
Received 10 Jun 2020Land North of Bridleway, Moreton, Oxon, OX9 2HR
Received 2 May 20256 Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AW
Received 10 Feb 2021Chiselhampton House, Chiselhampton, OX44 7XF
Received 22 Aug 2019Thame Sports And Arts Centre, Oxford Road, Thame, OX9 2BB
Received 18 Nov 202512 Marmion Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1DG
Received 17 Aug 2020Linscot, Berrick Salome, Oxon, OX10 6JQ
Received 25 Sept 2023Land west of Middle Way, Culham Campus, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 26 Jun 202514 Burcot Farm Cottages, Burcot, OX14 3DL
Received 14 Aug 2024Land East of Chalgrove B480, Chalgrove
Received 20 Mar 2020Cavendish Cottage, Ferry Road, South Stoke, RG8 0JP
Received 12 Mar 2021Wittenham Court, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 18 Jun 202029 Mill Lane, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4QU
Received 9 Mar 2023Home Close, Holton, OX33 1QF
Received 16 Mar 2020Delamere, 4 Wintergreen Lane, Wallingford, OX10 9EN
Received 2 Oct 20242 Milton Manor Drive, Little Milton, OX44 7PT
Received 16 Mar 2026Palmer Cottage Meadow, Goring Heath Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PP
Received 5 Dec 20239 Gravel Hill, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2EF
Received 14 May 2020Grenville House, 17 Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JR
Received 3 Sept 2025Landfill No 2 Site, Goulds Grove, Ewelme
Received 4 Jun 201931 The Croft, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LS
Received 29 Jun 2023Records 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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