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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
11,687 approved · 1,155 refused · 907 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stephen Freeman Community Primary School, Freeman Road, Didcot, OX11 7BZ
Received 9 Jun 2020Between A34 Milton Interchange, and B4015 Clifton Hampden
Received 5 Nov 20252 Oakdene Woodcote Reading RG8 0RQ
Received 12 Aug 2026Syde, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TJ
Received 24 Apr 202637 Saxons Way, Didcot, OX11 9RA
Received 30 Oct 2020Holmwood, Shiplake Row, Binfield Heath, RG9 4DP
Received 12 Apr 2021Byeways, The Green, Great Milton, OX44 7NT
Received 23 Jan 202331A Stoke Row Road, Peppard Common, RG9 5EJ
Received 22 Jan 202411 High Street Watlington OX49 5PZ
Received 10 Jun 202645 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LZ
Received 20 Jul 2023Unit 2, Hadden Hill Retail Park, Didcot, OX11 9BF
Received 10 Feb 20231 Ireton Close, Chalgrove, OX44 7RZ
Received 3 Mar 2021Land west of Marley Lane, Marley Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7TF
Received 21 Sept 2023Honeysuckle Cottage, Slade End, Brightwell cum Sotwell, OX10 0RQ
Received 30 May 202430-30A Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA
Received 5 Dec 2019Hill View, Woodperry Road, Beckley, OX3 9UZ
Received 29 Apr 2019Parcel SN02EF (Phase 26), Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 13 Jun 2019Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Cuxham Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5LZ
Received 20 Jan 20255 Henton, Henton, OX39 4AE
Received 4 Jun 2021Land west of Main Avenue, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 28 Nov 202241 Blewbury Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LE
Received 12 Jan 2026The Oratory School, The Oratory Drive, Woodcote, RG8 0PJ
Received 16 Mar 2026Land North of Middle Way, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 2 Mar 2020Badgemore Park Country Club, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 14 Jan 2026Records 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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