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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11,687 approved · 1,155 refused · 907 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Wood Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9SJ
Received 16 Mar 202369 Southern Road, Thame, OX9 2ED
Received 25 Feb 202623 Beech Rise, Sonning Common, RG4 9TJ
Received 10 Jan 2020Heath Farm, Thame Road, Great Milton, OX44 7JD
Received 11 Nov 202234 Cuxham Road, Watlington, OX49 5JW
Received 28 Jan 2020Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Watlington
Received 2 Sept 2024Shiplake Farm, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BX
Received 17 Feb 2021Cholsey Meadows, Cholsey, OX10 9FF
Received 12 Jul 202418 Henfield View, Warborough, OX10 7DB
Received 27 Sept 2025Little Frogs, Cow Pool, Berrick Salome, Wallingford, OX10 6JJ
Received 30 Mar 2026South Moreton Primary School, High Street, South Moreton, OX11 9AG
Received 16 Dec 2025Mansfield Cottage, 60 Preston Crowmarsh, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 18 Jun 2020Old Forge, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, RG8 0PL
Received 24 Jan 20241 Musgrave Cottages, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4ND
Received 31 Mar 2021The Shepherds Crook, Crowell, OX39 4RR
Received 16 May 2023159 Thame Road, Warborough, OX10 7DE
Received 8 Jul 2021Cresswell Lodge, Crowsley Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LD
Received 25 Jan 2024Orchard House, Little Croft Road, Goring on Thames, Oxon, RG8 9ER
Received 19 Jan 2023Downfield, Moreton Road, Aston Tirrold, Oxfordshire, OX11 9AW
Received 21 Jul 2025O/S 22 Pennypiece, Goring on Thames, RG8 9BY
Received 20 Dec 2023Moorings, Schoolfields, Shiplake Cross, RG9 4DH
Received 8 Jun 2020College Farm House, Chapel Lane, Benson, OX10 6LU
Received 3 Apr 202416 Arnold Way, Thame, OX9 2QA
Received 16 Jul 202012 Nuneham Courtenay, Nuneham Coutenay, OX44 9NX
Received 8 Jul 2024Records 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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