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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
11,856 approved · 1,165 refused · 914 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wallingford Sports Park, Hithercroft Road, WALLINGFORD, Oxon, OX10 9RB
Received 10 Jan 202067 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LU
Received 25 Jun 2020Leewood, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BU
Received 6 Nov 202492 Vicarage Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1JT
Received 15 Mar 2021104 St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PL
Received 14 Mar 20251 Mackney Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SQ
Received 3 Oct 2024Chapel Wells, Church Hill, Pishill, RG9 6HJ
Received 19 Dec 2025High House, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 24 Oct 2025Newlands House, Newlands Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5PS
Received 2 Jan 2024Plough Cottage, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 25 Jun 2020The Woodman, Highmoor Cross, RG9 5DT
Received 17 Apr 2024The Flat 25 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BA
Received 2 Dec 2019Mount Ida, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PH
Received 7 Jul 2021145 Lydalls Road Didcot OX11 7EA
Received 7 Sept 202632 King Alfred Drive, Didcot, OX11 7NT
Received 28 Nov 2019South Barn, Lower Farm Lane, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4UT
Received 1 Jun 2023Small building at Lower Ham Buildings, (between two black barns), Moreton Road, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9EW
Received 12 Dec 201919 Bear Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7UR
Received 31 Jan 2020Greyfriars, Henton, OX39 4AE
Received 9 Sept 202540 Brook Street, Watlington, OX49 5JH
Received 3 Oct 20255 Sheldons Piece, Watlington, OX49 5JJ
Received 15 Aug 202444 Cherwell Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7PA
Received 2 Feb 2026Chiltern House, Stoke Row, Oxon, RG9 5PA
Received 2 Jan 2024Land to the North East of Didcot, Didcot
Received 1 Jun 2021Records 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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