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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
11,634 approved · 1,154 refused · 904 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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11 Greenwood Meadow, CHINNOR, Oxon, OX39 4JQ
Received 5 Nov 2019Tudor Cottage, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9DR
Received 28 May 2024Land adjoining Chimney Corner, Satwell, RG9 4QZ
Received 25 Jun 201946 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JT
Received 24 Jun 202036 Kings Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 2DG
Received 16 Apr 20261 Springdale, Wallingford, OX10 0HQ
Received 3 Jul 2024Coombe Park, Coombe Park Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7QT
Received 3 Mar 2021Lucys Farm Barns, Harpsden Road, Harpsden, RG9 4HN
Received 8 Jul 202419A Hart Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AR
Received 10 Feb 20201 Northfield End, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2JG
Received 4 Jun 202171 Ormond Road, Thame, OX9 3XN
Received 27 Feb 2020The Potting Shed, Fairmile, Henley on Thames, RG9 6AA
Received 2 Apr 2024Icknield Lodge, Icknield Road, Goring, RG8 0DG
Received 16 Feb 20216 Gravel Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2EE
Received 18 Aug 2023The Gables, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RH
Received 1 Nov 202342 Blewbury Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LF
Received 7 Jun 2024Little Baldon Farm, near Marsh Baldon, OX44 9PA
Received 2 Dec 20254 Beechwood Close, Crays Pond, RG8 7SG
Received 13 Feb 2020Shaw Trust, 95 High Street, Thame, OX9 3EH
Received 27 Feb 20242 Thames Mead, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EU
Received 9 Jul 2025Glendale, Elmhurst Road, Goring, RG8 9BN
Received 11 Nov 2025Plum Tree Cottage, Road Running Through Roke From Roke Farm To Chapel Lane, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 7 Oct 202020 High Street, Watlington, OX49 5PY
Received 26 Mar 2020The Birches & Thames Road, Goring
Received 22 Oct 2024Records 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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