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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
11,450 approved · 1,139 refused · 898 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Barn House Sonning Eye Reading RG4 6TN
Received 16 Oct 2026Cherry Orchard, Pishill Bank, Pishill, RG9 6HR
Received 20 Nov 2019The Old Vicarage, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PB
Received 28 Aug 2024Lime Tree House, Church Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JL
Received 13 Feb 2024Various locations in Conservation Area, Warborough, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 7DS
Received 10 Aug 2019Chilterns Court Care Centre, York Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2DR
Received 7 Oct 2020Little Spinneys, Upper Bolney Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AG
Received 12 Oct 202052 Saxons Heath, Long Wittenham, OX14 4PU
Received 30 Aug 202327A Manor Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1LT
Received 8 Apr 2021Unit 41 and Unit 42, The Orchard Centre, Didcot, OX11 7LL
Received 22 May 20243 Arrowfield Cottages, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QB
Received 7 Apr 202137B Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AR
Received 25 Jul 2025The Shepherds Crook, Crowell, OX39 4RR
Received 4 Sept 202012 Brookside, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5AQ
Received 3 Oct 2019The Walled Garden House, High Street, Whitchurch on Thames, RG8 7EP
Received 30 Mar 202329 Southern Road, Thame, Oxon, OX9 2EE
Received 6 Jun 2019St Birinus RC Church Bridge End Dorchester-on-Thames Wallingford OX10 7JR
Received 27 Jul 2026Westend Nurseries Site, Old Nursery Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RB
Received 5 Feb 2025Manor Cottage, Paper Mill Lane, South Moreton, OX11 9AH
Received 6 Feb 2023Lakeside, Playhatch Road, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TX
Received 8 Oct 2025Glebe Cottage, 2 The Green, Garsington, OX44 9DF
Received 31 Jan 2024Ten Acre Farm, New Inn Road, Beckley, Oxfordshire, OX3 9SS
Received 13 Nov 202033 Station Road, Cholsey, OX10 9PT
Received 26 Jul 202452 Blacklands Road, Benson, OX10 6NW
Received 25 Feb 2026Records 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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