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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
11,738 approved · 1,158 refused · 908 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Quaker Lane, Warborough, OX10 7DT
Received 16 Apr 2024Dorchester Rectory, 10 Manor Farm Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HZ
Received 9 Jun 202344 High Street, Cuddesdon, OX44 9HJ
Received 12 Jun 201913 Glyn Avenue Didcot OX11 7AH
Received 18 Aug 202622 Maple Furlong, Benson, OX10 6FP
Received 30 Jun 2025The Old Smithy, Pyrton, OX49 5AP
Received 22 Jun 2021The Orchard, 17 Rotherfield Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1NR
Received 9 Feb 2021Little Acorns Nursery, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NA
Received 15 Mar 2024Riverside Stores, Riverside Flat, High Street, Goring, RG8 9AB
Received 24 May 20241 Victoria Gardens, Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, OX9 7DG
Received 21 Jul 2025Field Close, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9BB
Received 7 Dec 2022Sue Ryder Home For Palliative Care, Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, RG9 5DF
Received 14 Sept 2020Land off Papist Way, Cholsey
Received 20 Aug 20193 Bell Street Mews, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BF
Received 13 May 2019Slade End House, Slade End, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RD
Received 27 Oct 20251 Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, RG9 5HG
Received 26 Oct 2020Blackbarn Farm, Church Lane, Ipsden, OX10 6AE
Received 23 Jan 2025The Orchard, 33 High Street, Cuddesdon, OX44 9HP
Received 27 Jul 20209 Emmens Close, Checkendon, RG8 0TU
Received 21 Aug 2019H & C Pearce & Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS
Received 8 Nov 202326 Hammer Lane Warborough Wallingford OX10 7DJ
Received 23 Jul 2026Hunters Gap, 52 Pebble Hill, Toot Baldon, OX44 9LH
Received 23 Dec 202428 Manor Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7JY
Received 11 Feb 2021Holton Park Cottage, Holton, OX33 1PR
Received 11 Apr 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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