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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
12,133 approved · 1,188 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Stables, Huntercombe, RG9 5RY
Received 11 Jul 20236 Summerfield Rise Goring RG8 0DS
Received 22 Jun 2026Hazel Grove, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common, Oxon, RG4 9BU
Received 13 Dec 20246 Turner View, Bayswater Mill, near Headington, OX3 8GG
Received 14 May 2025Land Opposite 25 Cuxham Road, Watlington, OX49 5JW
Received 29 Apr 2020Thornton Lodge, Stonor, RG9 6HE
Received 9 Apr 2024The Old Lodge, Colmore Lane, Kingwood, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 5NA
Received 16 Jan 202615 Prospect Place, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5AJ
Received 26 Jun 202314 North Close Tiddington Thame OX9 2LT
Received 27 Aug 2026Former 'Kennel Area Car Parking', Blounts Farm, Blounts Court Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9PA
Received 4 Jan 2021The Boat House, 103 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BL
Received 19 Mar 202414 Niagara Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1EB
Received 7 Jan 2025Wyevale Country Gardens, Reading Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 9 Jul 20258 Hop Gardens Henley-on-thames RG9 2EH
Received 30 Mar 2026Lambridge Wood Farm, Bix, RG9 4RZ
Received 27 Jun 2019BP Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, near Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 20 Feb 202313 Barleyfields, Didcot, OX11 0BH
Received 6 Oct 2020The Street Cottage, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 24 Sept 20241 Priest End, Thame, OX9 2AE
Received 14 Dec 2023Facy, 27-31 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 26 Jun 20251-12, 12A and 14-40, Towse Court, Icknield Place, Goring, RG8 0DN
Received 5 Sept 2019Yew Tree Cottage, Lower End, Great Milton, Oxon, OX44 7NF
Received 22 Apr 2021Elizabeth Villa High Street Kingston Blount Chinnor OX39 4SJ
Received 5 May 2026Riverside Park and Caravan Site, Riverside Park, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EB
Received 3 Oct 2023Records 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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