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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12,066 approved · 1,179 refused · 927 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Footpath west of Spring Lane, Aston Tirrold, Oxon
Received 16 Apr 2025Land South of Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NB
Received 10 Oct 202214 Bridle Path, Woodcote, RG8 0SE
Received 2 Dec 202215 Hawthorne Drive, Kingwood, RG9 5WE
Received 30 Jun 2020Springfield House, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, OX11 9DD
Received 24 Sept 2024The Red House, Elvendon Road, Goring, RG8 0DT
Received 30 Sept 2019Little Baldon Farm, Little Baldon, OX44 9PU
Received 22 Aug 202363 Harpsden Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1ED
Received 8 Aug 2023Stable Yard to east of Chinnor Road, Towersey, OX9 3QY
Received 19 Sept 2025Unit 5 Goodson Industrial Mews, Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3BX
Received 23 Aug 2019Bridge End House, 2 High Street, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7JT
Received 22 May 202026 St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1JB
Received 26 Mar 20262 Ash Close, Watlington, OX49 5LW
Received 10 Jul 2024St Nicholas House, 90 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BW
Received 22 Jan 2024Little Hatch Stables, Park Corner, RG9 6DX
Received 10 May 2023The Old Forge, High Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AB
Received 18 Nov 20252 Fir Close, Ipsden, OX10 6AH
Received 27 Jun 2019Pond Farm, Blackmore Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9NU
Received 6 May 20208A Duke Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UP
Received 26 Apr 2023Style Acre Orchard, High Road, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0PT
Received 12 Mar 20253 Wiggins Walk, Watlington, OX49 5BN
Received 25 Sept 202550-52 Home Farm Cottage, Southend, Garsington, OX44 9DJ
Received 26 Apr 202475 Cherry Tree Road, Chinnor, OX39 4QZ
Received 24 May 2021Moulsford Preparatory School, Road Running Through Moulsford, Moulsford, OX10 9HR
Received 1 Mar 2021Records 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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