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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
11,945 approved · 1,170 refused · 918 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodcote Saw Mill, Pot Kiln Lane, Goring Heath, Reading
Received 19 Aug 2019Land at former Didcot A Power Station, Purchas Road, Didcot
Received 5 Oct 2020Holly Copse House, Hardwick Estate, Collins End, RG8 7RN
Received 30 Sept 2024Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 19 Mar 2020Halifax Plc., 48 Bell Street, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2BG
Received 26 Apr 2021Sundial House, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JQ
Received 30 Jun 20205 Larch End, Garsington, OX44 9AL
Received 18 Dec 2023Square House, Russells Water, RG9 6EU
Received 3 Nov 202568 Queens Road, Thame, OX9 3NQ
Received 8 Dec 2023The Three Horseshoes, 2 Oxford Road, Benson, OX10 6LX
Received 8 Jan 2020Land to the east of Manor Road to the south of Little Croft, Manor Road, Goring on Thames, RG8 9EJ
Received 24 May 2024Building adjoining Sands Farm House, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JN
Received 19 Jul 201949 Abingdon Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LA
Received 17 Feb 2025Sheep Cottage, 3 Shepherds Green, Shepherds Green, RG9 4QS
Received 14 Dec 2022Highfield House, High Street, North Moreton, OX11 9AT
Received 24 Nov 20258 The Croft, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DL
Received 14 Jul 202325A Oakley Road, Chinnor, OX39 4HD
Received 23 Feb 2023Poachers Cottage, Mays Green, RG9 4AL
Received 17 Nov 2025Blenheim House, 11 The Green North, Warborough, OX10 7DW
Received 19 May 202515 Niagara Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1EB
Received 13 Aug 20231A Sinodun Road, Wallingford, OX10 8AA
Received 7 Oct 201931 Queen Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1AR
Received 14 Jul 2025The Village Green, Opposite the top of Brookstones road, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4LZ
Received 24 Jun 2019Cobbs Cottage 2 The Green North Warborough Wallingford OX10 7HA
Received 14 Apr 2026Records 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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