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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11,945 approved · 1,170 refused · 918 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Howbery Park, H R Wallingford Ltd Road On Howbery Park To Hr Wallingford Wallingford OX10 8BA
Received 20 May 2026Little Place, Satwell Close, Satwell, RG9 4QT
Received 29 Jan 2025Plum Tree Cottage, High Street, Little Milton, Oxon, OX44 7PU
Received 30 Nov 2020Raleith, Reading Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PH
Received 11 Apr 20242 Croft Road, Wallingford, OX10 0HT
Received 19 Mar 2024Merton House, 65 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BD
Received 12 Dec 2022The Star Inn, Middle Road, Stanton St John, OX33 1EX
Received 22 Nov 2024Upper Farm, Brook Lane, Denton, OX44 9JQ
Received 28 May 202411 Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 3ER
Received 5 Jan 2024Partridge Cottage + Pheasant Cottage, Bonnie's Field, Tiddington, OX9 2GB
Received 22 Feb 2024Park Wall, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TB
Received 25 Nov 2020Various sites in Berrick Salome/Roke, OX10 6JD
Received 3 Apr 2023Small World, Kingwood Common, Kingwood, RG9 5NB
Received 4 Dec 2020Dollys Cottage, 10 Water Lane, Drayton St Leonard, OX10 7BE
Received 9 Jul 2024Chingestone, High Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SJ
Received 25 Jan 20212 Adams Close Thame Road Stadhampton Oxford OX44 7TP
Received 12 Oct 2026Orchard Corner, Ford Lane, East Hendred, OX12 8LS
Received 27 Sept 2024Church Cottage, Berrick Salome, OX10 6JP
Received 2 Jul 2021Owls, Willow Court Lane, Moulsford, OX10 9HU
Received 15 Jul 201912 The Close, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DF
Received 27 Mar 20246 Gelt Burn, Didcot, OX11 7TZ
Received 23 Apr 2021Haseley Cottage, 8 Wood Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0AX
Received 27 Mar 2023Allways, The Crescent, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LL
Received 5 Dec 20223A Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LJ
Received 10 Jan 2024Records 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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