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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
11,971 approved · 1,171 refused · 920 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Towersey Drive, Thame, OX9 3NR
Received 23 Oct 2025Land rear of 59-63 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 4 Nov 20206 Fairmile Henley-on-Thames RG9 2JZ
Received 11 Jun 2026The Old Rectory Road Running Se Through Crowell Crowell Chinnor OX39 4RR
Received 10 Sept 202617 Shadwell Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7PN
Received 30 Sept 20223 St Marks Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1LN
Received 20 May 2021Challis Farm, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QH
Received 19 Sept 2019Oak Cottage, 11 Littleworth Road, Benson, OX10 6LY
Received 13 Oct 2024Stone Cottage, Cuxham, OX49 5NF
Received 17 Mar 2025Cape Cottage, Sydenham Road, Sydenham, OX39 4NE
Received 16 Sept 2020Riverside Park & Pools The Street Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford OX10 8EB
Received 18 Aug 2026Heathercroft House, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DT
Received 14 Jan 202510 Blackthorn Grange, Thame, OX9 3GG
Received 1 Apr 2021Maple Croft Mongewell Wallingford OX10 8BP
Received 13 Aug 2026Camilla Cottage, Road Running Through Waterstock, Waterstock, OX33 1JT
Received 29 Oct 202025 Croft Way, Woodcote, RG8 0RS
Received 31 Jan 2020Land to the West of Chiselhampton Hill, Lower Farm Road, Garsington
Received 31 Mar 2020Verona, Bolney Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NT
Received 5 Feb 2021Former Garages Site, Saxon Close, Wallingford, OX10 0SR
Received 14 Nov 2019Burr Wood, Burcot, Oxon, OX14 3DJ
Received 22 Apr 202111 St Hildas Close, Didcot, OX11 9UU
Received 17 Aug 2020Brook Cottage, The Street, Ewelme, OX10 6HQ
Received 28 Oct 2022No 1 Rose Tree Cottage, Stoke Row, Oxon, RG9 5PN
Received 5 Feb 2020Arbutus House, Behoes Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PP
Received 28 Apr 2023Records 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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