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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
12,032 approved · 1,177 refused · 923 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 2016 to 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 St Mary's Close, Wheatley, OX33 1YP
Received 4 Dec 202432 Bell Street Henley-on-thames RG9 2BH
Received 22 Jul 2026Icknield Farm House, Icknield Road, Ipsden, OX10 6AS
Received 2 Oct 202330 Woodgreen Square, Chinnor, OX39 4FJ
Received 30 Apr 2024Oak Close Cottage, Holton, OX33 1PR
Received 9 Oct 202310 Station Yard Tiddington Thame OX9 2FG
Received 18 May 2026The Oaks, Thame Road, Waterstock, OX33 1JW
Received 28 Oct 2020Bix Bottom Farm, Bix, RG9 6BH
Received 13 Nov 202020 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 13 Mar 2024Thames Bank, Thames Road, Goring, RG8 9AH
Received 2 Mar 2023Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 23 Jun 202046 Woodlands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9TE
Received 24 Jul 2025Ladygrove Farm, Abingdon Road, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 11 Apr 202438 New Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9JU
Received 8 Jun 2020Bellwood House, 57 Lower Road, Chinnor, OX39 4DU
Received 26 Mar 202118 Bluebell Lane, Didcot, OX11 0BQ
Received 11 Jul 2019Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 19 Mar 202035 Bradley Road, Nuffield, RG9 5SG
Received 17 Dec 2020Plough Cottage, The Street, South Stoke, Oxon, RG8 0JS
Received 6 Oct 2020The Nook, 34 Manor Road, Didcot, OX11 7JY
Received 28 Jul 2025Old Lane Cottage, Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QY
Received 10 Mar 2023Sundial House, Rectory Road, Great Haseley, OX44 7JQ
Received 30 Jun 20205 Barley Close Wallingford OX10 9BX
Received 18 May 202614 Arnold Way, Thame, OX9 2QA
Received 20 Jan 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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