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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11,607 approved · 1,149 refused · 903 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Manor Road, Didcot, OX11 7JY
Received 1 Nov 2023Woodcote Sawmill, Pot Kiln Lane, Goring Heath, RG8 7SS
Received 21 Aug 2025Rosemary Cottage, Shiplake Row, Binfield Heath, RG9 4DR
Received 30 Aug 202316A East Street, Thame, OX9 3JS
Received 6 Apr 20213 Walnut Close, Sonning Common, RG4 9DH
Received 9 Jun 2023St Marys Church, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4LY
Received 16 Apr 2024Unit 35 Van Alloys Industrial Estate, Busgrove Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QW
Received 9 Oct 2024Haseley Court, Little Haseley, OX44 7LL
Received 30 Nov 2023Riverhill Cottage, Pack And Prime Lane, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1TT
Received 9 Nov 2020Karethia, 12 Glebe Close, Moulsford, OX10 9JA
Received 17 Oct 2025Walnut Cottage High Street Chinnor OX39 4DH
Received 3 Jul 2026The Old Priory, Little Lane, Brightwell cum Sotwell, Oxon, OX10 0SG
Received 14 May 2021Mirth, Old London Road, Milton Common, OX9 2JR
Received 12 Apr 2023Land to the North East of Didcot
Received 11 Apr 2024Oak Cottage, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QW
Received 13 Sept 2019Henton Manor, New Close Farm Road, Henton, OX39 4AJ
Received 21 May 2020Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 4 Jan 202115 The Green North, Warborough, OX10 7DW
Received 5 Apr 2023Kemnal, Church Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JR
Received 13 Dec 2023Mallard Reach, Long Wittenham, Oxon, OX14 4QQ
Received 10 Jun 2021The Other House, High Street, Culham, OX14 4NA
Received 11 Jun 202511 Henton, Henton, Chinnor, OX39 4AH
Received 24 Aug 2020Simeons, Gold Street, Little Milton, OX44 7QE
Received 13 Jan 2020Linnet Cottage, Haseley Road, Little Milton, OX44 7QF
Received 12 Feb 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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