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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
11,435 approved · 1,139 refused · 898 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brightwell Manor Brightwell Street Brightwell-cum-sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RT
Received 17 Jun 2026Swanston West, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7ER
Received 17 Sept 2020Black Barn Farm, Church Lane, Ipsden
Received 18 Sept 2023FBV900 - Little Farm, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TS
Received 2 Sept 2024Port Jareth, Bridle Way, Goring, RG8 0HS
Received 9 Apr 2021Rumbolds Farm, Brightwell Baldwin, OX49 5PN
Received 5 Feb 2024Hill View, Long Wittenham Road, North Moreton, OX11 9BH
Received 3 Feb 202027 Brasenose Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7BL
Received 7 Aug 202311 The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LW
Received 17 Jan 2020Old Well Cottage, Goring Heath Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PQ
Received 8 Mar 2021Land to the north of The Warren, Reading Road, Shiplake Cross, RG9 4BX
Received 11 Apr 2024Adam House, 71 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BD
Received 21 Dec 2022Cherry Hill House, Highmoor, RG9 5DL
Received 26 Nov 202444 Bell Street, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 2BG
Received 11 Jul 2024Village side of bridge to M40, Land off Salt Lane, Postcombe, OX9 7EE
Received 17 Feb 202092 Vicarage Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1JT
Received 28 Jun 20192 Old Barn Cottages, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EZ
Received 1 Nov 201922 Gorwell, Watlington, OX49 5QD
Received 16 Nov 2023Office Land at Phoenix Park (Bellway Development), Howland Road, Thame, OX9 3FB
Received 23 Feb 2023Cobbs Cottage, High Street, North Moreton, Oxon, OX11 9AT
Received 28 Jan 202111 Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QL
Received 23 Oct 2025105 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LP
Received 27 Aug 202030 Adam Court, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BJ
Received 5 Jun 2019Herbert Cottage, 15 Stevens Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5RG
Received 18 May 2021Records 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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