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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
12,066 approved · 1,179 refused · 927 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Black Barn Farm, Church Road, Ipsden, OX10 6AE
Received 12 May 20238 Windrush Mews, Didcot, OX11 7SE
Received 5 Apr 201955 Whitehouse Road, Woodcote, RG8 0SA
Received 10 Jan 2023Farthing House, 11 St Martins Street, Wallingford, OX10 0AL
Received 8 Sept 202565 Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HT
Received 1 Apr 2019Quash Farm, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QW
Received 29 Sept 2023Hunts Mill, Crispin Place, Wallingford, Oxon
Received 7 Jul 2020Albury Farm, Draycott, Tiddington, Thame, OX9 2LX
Received 6 Aug 2026'The Sycamores', Land east of 206 Crowmarsh Hill, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8BG
Received 25 Nov 2020Spencer Cottage, Moreton, OX9 2HX
Received 12 Nov 2024Towersey Manor, Manor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QR
Received 15 Jul 2020Paradise Farm, Paradise Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1UB
Received 18 Jun 2019Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 18 Dec 2023Land adjacent to, 54 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EB
Received 17 Jan 2024L&G Homes Phase 1 Infrastructure, land at Willington Down, North East of Didcot
Received 15 Apr 2019Land just past lower boundary of 17, Little Haseley, OX44 7LH
Received 5 Jan 2026Christmas Common Farm, Christmas Common, OX49 5HL
Received 9 May 20244 The Maltsters Cottages, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QF
Received 22 Mar 2023The Cross Keys, 48 High Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0DB
Received 20 Mar 202334 Priest Close, Nettlebed, RG9 5AS
Received 18 Dec 2019Dutch Barn, Box Tree Lane, Postcombe, OX9 7DT
Received 15 Oct 202615 Hill Bottom Close, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7PX
Received 23 Feb 20213 Priory Bank, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PA
Received 1 Nov 2022The Berin Centre, Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield, OX10 7LZ
Received 19 Feb 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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