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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11,995 approved · 1,175 refused · 921 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Eastgate House, 1 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BJ
Received 29 Jan 2024The Old Barn, Bell Lane, Thame, OX9 3AL
Received 31 Jul 20257 The Mint, WALLINGFORD, Oxon, OX10 0XB
Received 15 Jan 202042a Hagbourne Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8DR
Received 16 Nov 2020116 Wheatley Road, Garsington, OX44 9DR
Received 5 Jan 2021Land north of A4130 Wallingford Bypass, Wallingford, OX10 9EJ
Received 6 Aug 20251 Sandy Lane Estate, Tiddington, OX9 2LJ
Received 16 Jul 202015 Clements Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2HJ
Received 31 Jul 201919-21 Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 10 Aug 2020Howbery Park, H R Wallingford Ltd, Road On Howbery Park To Hr Wallingford, near Crowmarsh, OX10 8BA
Received 3 Dec 2020Wick Farm Buildings, OX3 9SE
Received 10 Jan 20232 Blenheim Way, Horspath, OX33 1SB
Received 4 Nov 2022Keepers Cottage, Wheatley Road, Forest Hill, OX33 1EP
Received 30 Jul 2025Land between Pyrton Lane and Cuxham Road, Watlington, Oxfordshire
Received 2 Oct 2024Land to the north east of Benson to the north of, Watlington Road/The Sands (B4009) and east of Hale Road, Benson
Received 7 Feb 2024Bishopswood Farm, Reade's Lane, Gallowstree Common, RG4 9DR
Received 20 Feb 202319, Oxford Road, Horspath, OX33 1RT
Received 26 Feb 2020Little Heath, Crays Pond, RG8 7QG
Received 21 Mar 20196 The Green, Aston Rowant, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5ST
Received 12 Aug 201918 Onslow Drive, Thame, OX9 3YY
Received 20 Feb 202388 Abbott Road Didcot OX11 8HY
Received 14 Jul 2026Fields End, Parsons Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HP
Received 29 Apr 2019Melvaig, Whitehall Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0TN
Received 14 May 2019Upper Farm, Denton, OX44 9JQ
Received 14 Oct 2019Records 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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