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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11,924 approved · 1,169 refused · 918 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Berin Centre, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, Oxfordshire, OX10 7LZ
Received 27 May 2021Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Watlington
Received 5 Aug 2026Areas R and U, Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 7 Jan 2020Hampton House, 21b Gatehampton Road, Goring, Oxfordshire, RG8 0EN
Received 5 Sept 2023The Red House, 77 Littleworth Road, Benson, OX10 6LY
Received 4 Nov 2024Southcote, Toast Lane Mill Road Shiplake Henley-on-Thames RG9 3LF
Received 16 Jul 20264 Hop Gardens, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2EH
Received 30 Sept 20199 East Street, Didcot, OX11 8EJ
Received 20 Dec 2019New Farm, Badgemore, RG9 4NX
Received 25 Jan 2023The Old Nurseries, Wood Lane, Kidmore End, RG4 9BB
Received 13 Feb 2020Green Gables, Goring Heath Road, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PG
Received 4 Nov 202256 Hedgerley, Chinnor, OX39 4TJ
Received 28 Oct 2025Land to the west of the Green Marsh Baldon OX44 9LL
Received 7 Oct 2026Pond House, Kiln Lane, Binfield Heath, RG9 4EJ
Received 23 Jun 2021Lime Tree Cottage, Main Road, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9LN
Received 4 Sept 2020Wren Cottage, Green Trees, Peppard Common, RG9 5EN
Received 31 Oct 2019Red Cow House, Stoke Row, RG9 5NY
Received 3 Feb 2026Hennerton House, 54 Berkshire Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1NA
Received 11 Apr 201980 Youens Drive, Thame, OX9 3ZQ
Received 30 Jul 20201 Rectory Lane, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DH
Received 20 Mar 2026Land to the west of Windmill Road, Thame
Received 21 Nov 2025New Farm Road From Gravel Hill To Broadplat House Badgemore Henley-on-thames RG9 4NX
Received 18 Sept 2026Annexe, 1 Thame Lane, Culham, OX14 3DS
Received 4 Sept 2019Outbuilding, rear of 20 Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 3EX
Received 7 Dec 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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