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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11,887 approved · 1,167 refused · 917 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
43 Windmill Road, Towersey, OX9 3QQ
Received 17 Jul 2025Brightwell Manor Brightwell Street Brightwell-cum-sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RT
Received 5 Jun 2026The Maples, Dysons Wood, Kidmore End, RG4 9EY
Received 24 Jul 2023Oak Tree House, Moreton Lane, Thame, OX9 2HZ
Received 5 Jul 2023The Old Stables, Manor Farm Lane, East Hagbourne, OX11 9ND
Received 15 Apr 2024Greystones, Pound Lane, Stanton St John, OX33 1HF
Received 19 Feb 2021Chiselhampton Lodge Cuddesdon Road Chiselhampton Oxford OX44 7XH
Received 21 Aug 202639 Beech Road, Wheatley, OX33 1UR
Received 12 May 2025Highlands Farm, Highlands Lane, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4PR
Received 25 Jan 2021Tithe Barn, Church Road, Thame, OX9 3AJ
Received 15 Oct 2025Tanglewood, Kingwood Common, Kingwood, RG9 5NB
Received 12 May 2023Skirmers, Aston Street, Aston Tirrold, Nr Didcot, OX11 9DQ
Received 13 Aug 201911 Thameside, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BH
Received 4 Aug 2020Parcel SN02EF (Phase 26), Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 22 Feb 2021Tirrold House, Aston Tirrold, Oxon, OX11 9DQ
Received 20 Jul 2020The Paddock, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 21 Oct 20209 Oakdene, Woodcote, RG8 0RQ
Received 25 Mar 2024Oak House Cottage, Binfield Heath
Received 31 May 20248 Kings Close, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2DS
Received 1 Mar 2021Kiosk A, Market Place, Didcot, OX11 7LE
Received 7 Aug 2023White Cottage, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-sotwell, OX10 0RJ
Received 11 May 20241 Market Place, WALLINGFORD, Oxon, OX10 0EG
Received 24 Oct 2019Primrose Hill, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7HN
Received 23 Dec 2019North Farm, Wallingford Road, North Moreton, OX11 9BE
Received 18 Sept 2025Records 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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