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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
11,328 approved · 1,130 refused · 890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cornerstones, Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JX
Received 13 Jun 2024The Corner House, Russell Road, Tokers Green, RG4 9EJ
Received 16 Sept 2020Ewelme Down Farm, near Ewelme, OX10 6PQ
Received 23 Oct 2024Clare Cottage, 30 Northfield End, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JL
Received 18 Jun 20219 Norman Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1SG
Received 16 Apr 2020Grange Farm, Badgemore, RG9 4NZ
Received 2 Feb 2023Nuns Acre River Gardens, Nuns Acre, Goring, RG8 9BE
Received 21 Mar 202395A High Street, Thame, OX9 3EH
Received 17 Sept 2024Land at Haseley Road, Little Milton, OX44 7QF
Received 21 Jun 2021Milvus Bank, Lower Road, Postcombe, OX9 7DU
Received 23 Dec 202419 Gidley Way, Horspath, OX33 1RQ
Received 4 Feb 2021Michaelmas Cottage, Whitehall Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0TN
Received 24 Feb 2020Kinecroft/Bullcroft, Wallingford
Received 29 Jan 2024Unit A, Lower Broadway, Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8ET
Received 24 Sept 20201 Church Meadow Road Running Past 1 And 2 Church Meadow Watlington OX49 5AG
Received 21 May 2026The School House, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JG
Received 15 Sept 2020Mapledurham House, Mapledurham Village, RG4 7TR
Received 31 Oct 2023Thames Valley Police Radio Station, Britwell Hill, Britwell Salome, OX49 5HD
Received 29 Apr 202014 Drays Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JW
Received 9 Aug 2024Land known as St Andrew's Field, Holton, Oxon
Received 8 Aug 2024Old Farm House, Cox Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QG
Received 11 Sept 20249 Drays Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, Oxon, RG9 5JW
Received 26 Jul 2023Land North Of A4130 Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 14 Jul 20239 Edwin Road, Didcot, OX11 8LG
Received 16 Aug 2023Records 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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