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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
11,924 approved · 1,169 refused · 918 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bellevue, 17C Swan Gardens, Tetsworth, OX9 7BN
Received 28 Apr 20203 Monument Cottages, Warpsgrove Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7RW
Received 3 Oct 202318 Berkshire Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NB
Received 25 Jan 202340 St Marks Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1LW
Received 21 Mar 2024Lowbury House, Spring Lane, Aston Upthorpe, Oxon, OX11 9EH
Received 8 Apr 20199 Thorpe Street, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EG
Received 18 Dec 202423 Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SB
Received 18 Oct 2022Land at 16 Chinnor Road, Thame, OX9 3LW
Received 10 Aug 2026Camoys Farm, Old Dairy Building, Clifton Hampden Road, Chiselhampton, OX44 7UZ
Received 12 Jun 2019Orchard Cottage, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9BU
Received 27 Nov 202455 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8AJ
Received 28 Feb 2024Gates to old Carmel College, Carmel Terrace, Mongewell, OX10 8BU
Received 24 Jan 2025Melhuish Farm, Wallingford Road, North Moreton, OX11 9BA
Received 12 Aug 202431 Agatha Christie Way, Cholsey, OX10 9RS
Received 17 Feb 2021Haydown, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DT
Received 12 Apr 2021Lower Lince House, High Street, Beckley, OX3 9TE
Received 11 Jan 2023Witsend Farm, Waterperry, OX33 1LG
Received 24 Jun 20209 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0EG
Received 5 Dec 2023Ross Acre, Goring, RG8 0JY
Received 17 Apr 201925 Leaver Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UW
Received 14 Mar 2023Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 11 Jul 2025Green Broom Farm, Goring Heath, RG8 7FZ
Received 21 Aug 2025The Renaissance, Thame, Oxon
Received 29 Mar 201911 Queens Avenue, Wallingford, OX10 0NE
Received 14 May 2020Records 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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