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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11,738 approved · 1,158 refused · 908 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
The Old Auction Room, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS
Received 27 Jul 202316 East Street, Thame, OX9 3JS
Received 12 Nov 2020Land north of A4130 Wallingford Bypass
Received 25 Aug 2026Corridor between the A34 Milton Interchange and the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden including part of the A4130 east of the A34 Milton Interchange, land between Didcot and the former Didcot A Power Station and the Great Western Mainline, land to the north of Didcot where it crosses a private railway sidings and the River Thames to the west of Appleford-on-Thames before joining the A415 west of Culham Station, land to the south of Culham Science Centre through to a connection with the B4015 north of Clifton Hampden
Received 21 Apr 20267 Weedon Close, Cholsey, OX10 9RD
Received 5 Feb 2026The Green, Warborough, Oxon
Received 25 Sept 2020The Old Stables, Greenfield, OX49 5HG
Received 8 Oct 2025Windmill House, Lower Assendon, RG9 6AN
Received 10 Dec 202014 St Leonards Lane Wallingford OX10 0HA
Received 30 Jul 202653 High Street, Thame, OX9 2AD
Received 6 Nov 2025Building F5, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 22 Apr 2024The Chequers Inn, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JN
Received 23 Jan 20249 John Fulkes Avenue, Thame, OX9 3DN
Received 13 May 2020Cedar Lodge, Church Lane, South Moreton, OX11 9AF
Received 17 Feb 2026South Grange, Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LJ
Received 26 Jun 2025Heather Cottage Sonning Eye Reading RG4 6TN
Received 7 Aug 20262 Bell Weather Furlong, Benson, OX10 6FA
Received 23 Feb 2026The Old Dairy, Tanners Lane, Chalkhouse Green, RG4 9AB
Received 29 Oct 2020Waterperry Gardens Ltd, Waterperry, OX33 1JZ
Received 11 Jul 20232 Priest End, Thame, OX9 2AE
Received 6 Apr 2026Church Farm House, Copson Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7TZ
Received 15 Oct 2020Moat Cottage, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RS
Received 21 Jul 2023The Acreage, High Street, Charlgrove, OX44 7SJ
Received 16 Jul 2020Piccadilly Cottage, Access Road To Ascott, Ascott, OX44 7UJ
Received 10 Nov 2025Records 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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