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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
11,995 approved · 1,175 refused · 921 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Witheridge Hill Water Pumping Station, Newnhamhill Bottom, Newnham Hill, RG9 5PE
Received 31 Jan 202352 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AG
Received 16 Dec 202418 Ormond Road, Thame, OX9 3XW
Received 19 Oct 2020Black Gables, 14 Rotherfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NN
Received 9 Aug 2024Wyevale Country Gardens, Reading Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 26 Jun 2025White Cottage, Peppard Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9NJ
Received 26 Jun 202555-77 Rooks Lane, Thame, OX9 2EA
Received 15 Jul 20216 Harpsden Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1EF
Received 16 May 2025Site of Building at, Upper Gatehampton Farm, Goring-on-Thames, RG8 9LY
Received 30 Aug 202431 Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AU
Received 22 Aug 2025St Botolph's Church, Swyncombe, RG9 6EA
Received 4 Jun 2019Little Acre Road Running Through Roke From Roke Farm To Chapel Lane Roke Wallingford OX10 6JD
Received 19 Aug 202637 Warner Crescent, Didcot, OX11 8JY
Received 10 Jun 2021South Stoke Primary School, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 23 Apr 2024Woodstock, Long Wittenham Road, North Moreton, OX11 9AZ
Received 6 Oct 2023Crossways, Woodlands Road, near Lower Shiplake, RG9 4AA
Received 16 Apr 2025Lavender Cottage, Coldharbour, Goring Heath, RG8 7SY
Received 22 Apr 202022 Nelson Street, Thame, OX9 2DP
Received 3 Sept 2024St Mary The Virgin Church, Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AU
Received 10 Feb 2025The Applegarth, Chinnor Road, Aston Rowant, OX49 5SH
Received 3 Apr 2019High Lodge Farm, Culham, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DX
Received 19 Apr 2024Lower Farm, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TD
Received 30 Nov 20205 Fernhill Close, Tiddington, OX9 2NA
Received 28 Feb 2024The Village Centre, High Street, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4DJ
Received 12 May 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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