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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
11,813 approved · 1,164 refused · 910 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 The Green, Marsh Baldon, OX44 9LP
Received 14 Feb 2020128 & 130 Wayside Green, Woodcote, RG8 0QJ
Received 31 Jul 20195 Summerfield Rise, Goring, RG8 0DS
Received 10 Feb 202356 Youens Drive, Thame, OX9 3ZQ
Received 11 Sept 2024Benson Lane, Crowmarsh, OX10 8ED
Received 13 Jan 2020The Rocks, High Street, Drayton St Leonard, OX10 7BQ
Received 29 Sept 2023Flint Cottage, 53 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0DB
Received 23 Jun 2021All Saints Churchyard, Lydalls Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7ER
Received 5 Mar 202111 Buttermarket, THAME, Oxon, OX9 3EW
Received 16 Dec 202015 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LN
Received 22 Apr 2021St Lawrence House, St Lawrence Close, Warborough, OX10 7EY
Received 23 Aug 2019The Orchard, Lashbrook Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NX
Received 8 Oct 20245 Balfour Cottages, Burcot, OX14 3DR
Received 15 Apr 201977 Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HX
Received 15 Feb 20216 Box Tree Lane, Didcot, OX11 6HS
Received 24 Jul 2024Woodside House, Woodperry Hill, Stanton St John, OX33 1AL
Received 16 Jun 202066 Newlands Avenue, Didcot, OX11 8PY
Received 13 Jan 2021Hillside, Tokers Green Lane, Tokers Green, RG4 9EB
Received 9 Jun 2025Land to the rear of 26, Haydon Road, Didcot, OX11 7JF
Received 12 Aug 20192 Oak End Way, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4JJ
Received 12 Mar 20263 Elbourne, Didcot, OX11 0BL
Received 27 Mar 2024Mayfield, Hazelmoor Lane, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9DJ
Received 28 Oct 201914A Bridle Path, Woodcote, RG8 0SE
Received 24 Oct 2022Cross Lanes Fruit Farm, Mapledurham, RG4 7UW
Received 28 Mar 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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