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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
11,887 approved · 1,167 refused · 917 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harpsden Way House, Harpsden Way, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NL
Received 30 Jun 2025Lollingdon House, Westfield Road, Cholsey, OX10 9LS
Received 24 Jun 2020Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NH
Received 17 Oct 202447 Hagbourne Road, Didcot, OX11 8DP
Received 4 Jul 2025Well Cottage, Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 6 Feb 2025Peppard Farm, Peppard Common, RG9 5JU
Received 1 Oct 2025Castle Priory, Thames Street, Wallingford, OX10 0HD
Received 8 Mar 2023Westering, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9BE
Received 26 Mar 202517 Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2JR
Received 19 Dec 20246 Wyfold Cottages, Wyfold, RG4 9HX
Received 11 Feb 2021Land between Crescent Estate & Elm Road, Crescent Estate, Thame, OX9 2DX
Received 25 Feb 2026Land the the East of Grenoble Road, Littlemore, OX4 4YS
Received 5 Jul 2023Bishopswood Farm, Reades Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9DR
Received 17 Feb 20253 Courtfield Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1HA
Received 13 Aug 20251 Northfield Close, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2LH
Received 7 Jun 2021Land at 4 Ernest Road, Didcot, OX11 8QH
Received 8 Jun 202161 Church Road, Wheatley, OX33 1LU
Received 11 Aug 2025Bramleys, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QS
Received 21 May 2019The Old Coach House, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HU
Received 22 Apr 20258 Keens Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4PF
Received 7 Feb 202333-35 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 5 Sept 2024Belvedere, 15 Rotherfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon
Received 25 Aug 2019The Dorian Centre, Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, RG4 9RF
Received 22 Apr 2024The Dog House, Bolney Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NS
Received 10 Apr 2019Records 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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