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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
11,607 approved · 1,149 refused · 903 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 The Croft, Didcot, OX11 8HR
Received 5 Jan 202430 Woodlands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TE
Received 23 Aug 202321 Sedgewell Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TA
Received 4 Aug 202326 Manor Road, Didcot, OX11 7JY
Received 5 Mar 202559 Norries Drive, Wallingford, OX10 8JU
Received 19 Jan 20231 Heron Shaw Goring Reading RG8 0AU
Received 28 Apr 20269 Queens Close, Thame, Oxon, OX9 3AZ
Received 15 Feb 2023Chalgrove Airfield, Chalgrove, OX44 7RJ
Received 30 Jan 202033B Cherwell Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7PB
Received 29 Nov 2024Battle Lodge, Elvendon Road, Goring
Received 26 Jul 2019The Pavilion, Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9AH
Received 5 Jun 2019Dragonsfield, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HQ
Received 12 Dec 2025Blackbarn Farm, Church Lane, near Ipsden, OX10 6AE
Received 12 May 2023Glass House, Peppard Lane, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1NQ
Received 17 Jun 2020Land East of Dinckley Court, Abingdon Road, Burcot, OX14 3DP
Received 24 Jun 2025Nicholls House, 4 Thame Road, CHINNOR, Oxon, OX39 4QS
Received 2 Jan 2020Childwall House, Wallingford Road, North Moreton, OX11 9BA
Received 25 Mar 2026Easington Farm, Easington, near Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5AZ
Received 26 Sept 2019Rooks Orchard, Little Wittenham, Oxon, OX14 4QY
Received 20 Feb 20234 Oakdene, Woodcote, RG8 0RQ
Received 11 Mar 2021Home Farm Cottage, Mill Lane, Shiplake, RG9 4BJ
Received 19 Feb 2024Cornerways, Horton Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1AG
Received 2 Dec 202215 Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AP
Received 15 Oct 202421 Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LN
Received 6 Aug 2020Records 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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