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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11,435 approved · 1,139 refused · 898 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Luffield House, 85A Wallingford Road, Goring, RG8 0HL
Received 3 Feb 202653-59 Blandy Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon
Received 10 Oct 2022The Reformation, Horsepond Road, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BP
Received 9 Jan 2024Kidmore Farm, Tanners Lane, Chalkhouse Green, RG4 9AB
Received 14 Oct 2025Delavay House, Sandy Lane, Tiddington, OX9 2JZ
Received 3 Oct 202314 Mowbray Road, DIDCOT, Oxon, OX11 8SS
Received 3 Nov 2020Harpsden Wood House, Harpsden Woods, near Harpsden, RG9 4AF
Received 4 Mar 2026Lavender House, 40 New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 5 May 2021Dove House Farm, Cuddesdon, OX44 9HG
Received 23 Nov 2020Land to the North of Potters Farm, near Ewelme, OX10 6PX
Received 7 Mar 2024Properties in Oakdene and The Croft, White House Road, Woodcote
Received 15 Aug 201973a Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 2BD
Received 16 Nov 202326 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4DZ
Received 9 Sept 2024Rock Cottage, Lane Between Chalkhouse Green Road And Chalkhouse Green Farm, Chalkhouse Green, RG4 9AN
Received 14 Jun 20193 Norreys Road, Didcot, OX11 0AT
Received 16 Jun 2025Land and Buildings at Home Farm, Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PQ
Received 1 Nov 2019Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8BB
Received 8 Feb 20233 Haydens Lane, Nuffield, RG9 5TX
Received 16 Sept 2020Swan Wood, Highmoor, RG9 5DH
Received 14 Jan 202556 New Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 17 Mar 2021St Andrews Church, Church Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PG
Received 8 Aug 2023The Haven, Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 5RB
Received 23 Mar 202626 Ambrose Rise, Wheatley, OX33 1YG
Received 16 Mar 202010 St Johns Row, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QG
Received 5 Oct 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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