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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
11,563 approved · 1,147 refused · 901 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wallingford Composting Facility, Benson Lane, Wallingford, OX10 6SQ
Received 19 Aug 20254 Thorne Close, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1RZ
Received 23 Oct 202334 Wood Green Woodcote Reading RG8 0QQ
Received 13 Jul 2026The Hub, 14 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AY
Received 12 Sept 20249 The Goggs, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5JX
Received 4 Mar 202114 Cuxham Road Watlington OX49 5JW
Received 12 Oct 2026Red Lion Farmhouse, Stoke Talmage, OX9 7ES
Received 14 Feb 2024Littlewick House, Mill Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4RF
Received 27 May 202510 Dunsomer Hill, North Moreton, OX11 9AP
Received 29 Apr 2020Land west of Hale Road, Benson, Oxon
Received 17 Apr 202412 Adwell Square, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2DY
Received 2 Mar 2023The Orchards, Neals Lane, Wyfold, RG4 9JF
Received 10 Oct 2023Sycamores, South Stoke, RG8 0JJ
Received 13 Feb 2025Parfitts, Rectory Lane, Aston Tirrold, Oxon, OX11 9DH
Received 18 Aug 2020Sports Pavilion, Road Running Ne From The Rectory To Whitehall Lane, Checkendon, Reading
Received 17 Sept 2026Chalgrove Farm, Chalgrove, OX44 7RQ
Received 18 Oct 2024Stonehaven, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JQ
Received 31 Jul 2023Adjacent to 6 Old Croft Close, Kingston Blount, Oxon, OX39 4RX
Received 25 May 20211 Farthing House, 11 St Martins Street, Wallingford, OX10 0AL
Received 12 Mar 20214 Croft Close, Thame, OX9 3JG
Received 9 Oct 2025Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 3 Sept 2024Blewbury Mill, Blewbury, Oxfordshire, OX11 9EB
Received 12 Jun 2019The Old Rectory, 16A High Street, Lewknor, Watlington, OX49 5TL
Received 9 Aug 2019Land off Cuxham Road, Watlington
Received 9 Dec 2022Records 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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