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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11,813 approved · 1,164 refused · 910 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Turner View, Bayswater Mill, near Headington, OX3 8GG
Received 25 Mar 2025Bushell Business Park, Lester Way, Wallingford, OX10 9DD
Received 23 Feb 2024The Old Vicarage, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PB
Received 30 Jul 2025Merton House, 65 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BD
Received 8 Jan 202654 St Marks Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1LW
Received 23 May 2019Huntercombe Golf Club, Nuffield Hill, Nuffield, RG9 5SL
Received 21 Mar 2024Tirrold House, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DQ
Received 12 Feb 2025Highwood, Greenfield, OX49 5HG
Received 19 Mar 2025Sirius, Pack and Prime Lane, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1TT
Received 8 Feb 2021Manor Farm, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0ND
Received 5 Dec 20191 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 31 Mar 2025Dames Bank, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JG
Received 12 Jun 202023 Mereland Road, Didcot, OX11 8AR
Received 17 Sept 2019St Botolphs Church, Swyncombe, RG9 6EA
Received 28 Oct 202236, Orchard Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7LL
Received 30 Aug 2019Badgemore Park Golf Club Road From Gravel Hill To Broadplat House Badgemore Henley-on-thames RG9 4NR
Received 2 Jul 2026Eagle Cottage, 23 Ilges Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NX
Received 15 Aug 20254 Croft Way, Woodcote, RG8 0RS
Received 3 Jul 202312 Littlemoor Field, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4FS
Received 15 Jul 2021White Rose Cottage, Whitehall Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0TN
Received 27 Feb 202020 Hazel Gardens, Sonning Common, RG4 9TF
Received 1 Oct 2023High Lodge Farm, Thame Lane, Culham, OX14 3DX
Received 16 Dec 202245 Gatehampton Road, Goring, RG8 0EN
Received 6 Feb 2024Breach House, Halfpenny Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9JN
Received 18 Jan 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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