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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
12,089 approved · 1,182 refused · 928 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Binfield Heath Stores, Arch Hill, Binfield Heath, RG9 4DU
Received 5 Dec 202435 Damer Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1HX
Received 25 Nov 2025Street Record, Oakdale Court, Wallingford, OX10 0ST
Received 16 Dec 2019Merlewood, Lashbrook Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3NX
Received 28 Sept 202059 Barley Close, Wallingford, OX10 9BX
Received 19 Jan 2023Red Lion Farm, Britwell Salome, OX49 5LG
Received 1 Oct 2025Site of Grange House, Burcot, OX14 3DJ
Received 23 Jul 2025Bishopswood Playing Fields, Gallowstree Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9DR
Received 10 Feb 202518 Marjoram Way, Didcot, OX11 6HJ
Received 18 Sept 2023Land at Lady Grove, Didcot, OX11 9BP
Received 19 Dec 2023The Orchard, Manor Road, Goring-on-Thames, RG8 9DP
Received 7 Aug 2020St Leonards Churchyard, Pyrton Lane, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5PQ
Received 4 Oct 201919A Windmill Close, Towersey, OX9 3RG
Received 25 May 20212-4 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BG
Received 21 Oct 20195 Woden House Limetree Road Goring Reading RG8 9EY
Received 15 Jun 2026Manor Farm House, Foxhall Road, Didcot, OX11 7AG
Received 5 Dec 2025Rose Barn, Spring Lane, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EH
Received 7 Nov 20221 Eastfield Lane, Whitchurch On Thames, Reading, RG8 7EJ
Received 23 Sept 20241 St Annes Close, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1XA
Received 11 Mar 202695 Old Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NX
Received 1 Aug 2023Camilla, Kingwood Common, Kingwood, RG9 5NB
Received 26 May 20213 Coombe Hill Crescent, Thame, OX9 2EQ
Received 12 Mar 2019Oxford City Athletics Club, Horspath Road, near Horspath, OX4 2RR
Received 1 Jun 2021Kentwood House, 81 Station Road, Cholsey, OX10 9QD
Received 4 Jan 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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