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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
11,792 approved · 1,162 refused · 909 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8AB
Received 10 Aug 2026Various Locations
Received 12 Oct 2026Site behind 8 Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3RB
Received 24 Oct 202562 Ludsden Grove, Thame, OX9 3BZ
Received 9 Sept 2020Bell Cottage, Rupert Lane, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2JE
Received 2 Jul 2021The Old Stables, Greenfield, OX49 5HG
Received 29 Apr 2025Bromsgrove, Croft Road, Goring, RG8 9ES
Received 7 Jan 2021St Nicholas CE Primary School, Land west of Wallingford (Site B), Wallingford, OX10 0PE
Received 7 Apr 20264 Greys Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SJ
Received 4 Dec 2023Warren Farm Cottage, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EP
Received 7 Oct 201912 Norman Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 1SG
Received 5 Dec 201985 Wallingford Road, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG8 0HL
Received 16 Jul 2019Site of Grange House, Burcot, OX14 3DJ
Received 22 Oct 202539 The Cedars, Benson, OX10 6LL
Received 4 Mar 202030 Roxburgh Drive, Didcot, OX11 7HF
Received 23 Dec 2025Oakwood House, 16 Winterbrook, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9EF
Received 31 Jul 2023Hollyhocks, 9 Martins Lane, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7JE
Received 23 Oct 20253 Elmcroft, Goring, RG8 9EU
Received 14 Oct 202210 Lambourne Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9LX
Received 11 Aug 202535 Damer Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HX
Received 21 Dec 202387 Green Close, Didcot, OX11 8TE
Received 17 Oct 202222 Meadow Way, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0AY
Received 16 Oct 2025Querns Collins End Goring Heath Reading RG8 7RH
Received 24 Jul 20266 St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HP
Received 1 Nov 2023Records 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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