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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11,563 approved · 1,147 refused · 901 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
51 St Helens Way, Benson, OX10 6SP
Received 6 Nov 202530 Wilding Road, Wallingford, OX10 8AS
Received 14 Feb 202326 Bowmont Water, Didcot, OX11 7GE
Received 26 Apr 2024European School Playing Field, Abingdon Road, Culham, OX14 3DZ
Received 3 Dec 202529 Henley Road, Littlemore
Received 5 Oct 2023The Rectory, 17 Southend, Garsington, OX44 9DH
Received 4 Sept 2025Great Milton Footpath 11, Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 21 Jun 20244 Winterbrook, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9EA
Received 31 May 202358 Park Road, Didcot, OX11 8QP
Received 28 Jun 20235A Oatland Road, Didcot, OX11 8QF
Received 16 Dec 20197 Brampton Chase, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3BX
Received 31 Mar 20211 Enigma Estate, Coldharbour, Goring Heath, RG8 7SZ
Received 21 Feb 2025Virginia Cottage, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LW
Received 19 Sept 2019Haycroft, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 2 Feb 2024Phase 2 & 4 Willington Down, Land at North East Didcot, Didcot
Received 21 Jun 2023Graveyard at St Lawrences Church, Warborough, Oxfordshire, OX10 7DR
Received 16 Jul 20254 The Walled Garden, Badgemore, RG9 4FL
Received 11 Feb 202119 Vicarage Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1HN
Received 30 Oct 2019St Birinus C Of E School, Queen Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HR
Received 17 Jul 20244 Rocky Lane, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4RE
Received 5 Jul 20217 Northfield End, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JG
Received 3 Mar 2020Land Adjoining Reddish Manor, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NP
Received 13 Jan 20206 Andrew Road, Wallingford, OX10 8AE
Received 13 Dec 2022Malthouse, The Green, Nettlebed, RG9 5AX
Received 17 Feb 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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