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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
12,120 approved · 1,188 refused · 929 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Bushwood House, Nottwood Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5PU
Received 3 Nov 202082 Brinkinfield Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7QX
Received 31 May 2024Earthtrust, Road Between Hill Farm And Sires Hill, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QZ
Received 25 Nov 2019Flat 6 Wolsley House, Station Road, Goring, RG8 9HE
Received 24 Sept 2025Southfields Car Park, Goodall Close, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1BJ
Received 28 Jul 20203 Deanfield Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UG
Received 17 Oct 2022CABI International, Nosworthy Way, Mongewell, OX10 8DE
Received 10 Jan 2020Culham Science Centre Nursery & Preschool, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 20 Mar 2023Arvada, Main Street, West Hagbourne, OX11 0NJ
Received 1 Aug 2025Willowbrook Park, Didcot
Received 6 Oct 202617 Rowland Close, Wallingford, OX10 8LA
Received 9 Apr 2024Queenford Farm, Drayton Rd, near Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7PJ
Received 18 Aug 202311 Church Street, Beckley, OX3 9UT
Received 8 Nov 20239 Norman Avenue Henley-on-thames RG9 1SG
Received 2 Jun 2026Lilac Cottage, Coopers Pightle, Kidmore End, RG4 9AZ
Received 22 Jul 2019Haseley Court Little Haseley Oxford OX44 7LL
Received 7 Aug 202610 Harcourt Close, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UZ
Received 15 Mar 202357 Towersey Drive, THAME, Oxon, OX9 3NS
Received 12 Dec 2023The Bothy, Badgemore Park Golf Club, Badgemore, RG9 4NR
Received 29 Apr 2021Land to rear of 49 & 51 Abingdon Road, Dorchester
Received 7 Aug 202011 Overton Drive, Thame, OX9 3YJ
Received 25 Feb 202619 Main Road, East Hagbourne, OX11 9LN
Received 25 Jul 2025The Old Forge, Track To West Lodge, Pyrton, OX49 5AP
Received 28 May 2024Thatchwell, Moulsford, OX10 9JD
Received 10 Jul 2025Records 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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