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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
11,657 approved · 1,155 refused · 906 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, Oxford, OX44 7PD
Received 30 Oct 2019Brewery Cottage adjacent to New Cottage, Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PH
Received 13 Aug 20194-6 Church Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SE
Received 12 Jan 202315 Reading Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1AB
Received 17 Oct 2019Huntercombe Golf Club, Nuffield Hill, Nuffield, RG9 5SL
Received 4 Sept 2023Harpsden Grange Harpsden Way Henley-on-thames RG9 1NX
Received 25 Aug 2026Elderberry Cottage, Nuffield, RG9 5SU
Received 9 Jun 2020Milestone Cottage, London Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DW
Received 5 Oct 202345 Gatehampton Road, Goring, RG8 0EN
Received 17 Feb 2026The Tithe Barn, Cuddesdon, OX44 9HG
Received 4 Dec 2023Taunton, 1 Gravel Hill Crescent, Peppard Common, RG9 5HE
Received 8 Jul 2021The Lodge, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 11 Jun 2019The Bridleway, Goring, RG8 0HS
Received 2 May 2023The Old Post Office, 5 Watlington Street, Nettlebed, RG9 5AA
Received 22 Dec 20203 Wootton Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1QE
Received 23 Jan 202459 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JR
Received 15 Feb 2021Land adjacent Environment Agency Maintenance Yard, Caversham Lakes, RG4 9RA
Received 21 Nov 2019Drovers Farm, Henton, OX39 4AP
Received 3 Oct 20196 Westfield Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NG
Received 27 Mar 2024Flat 3 Oxford House, 3 Friday Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AL
Received 13 Jan 2025The Old Saddlery, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NT
Received 3 Mar 2026Land West of Harlesford Farm, South-West of Tetsworth
Received 22 Jan 2025Comus, Howberry Lane, near Nuffield, RG9 5SU
Received 23 Jul 2025Copse Hill, Greys Green, RG9 4QQ
Received 21 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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