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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12,120 approved · 1,188 refused · 929 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Clare Court, Clare Hill, OX49 5AU
Received 14 Jun 202192 Vicarage Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1JT
Received 26 May 202025 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 3 Oct 2019Conway Farm, Satwell, RG9 4QZ
Received 7 Oct 202210 Wayside Green, Woodcote, RG8 0QJ
Received 22 Jul 2019Flint House, Reading Road, Goring Heath, RG8 0LL
Received 6 Aug 2025Land to the North West of Stoke Talmage, and to the West of Harlesford Farm, Near Tetsworth
Received 26 May 2023South Stoke Community Shop, Recreation Ground, Cross Keys Road, South Stoke, RG8 0JT
Received 14 Nov 2025Laurel Cottage, 16 Castle Square, Benson, OX10 6SD
Received 18 Feb 2026Oxford Park Homes, Kiln Close, Sandford-on-Thames, OX4 4YS
Received 4 Dec 2023Greys Green Farm, Rotherfield Greys, RG9 4QG
Received 12 Nov 2019OPP 15 High Street, Culham, OX14 4NB
Received 20 Oct 2023Parcel DN20A Great Western Park, Didcot
Received 27 Jun 202419-21 Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 11 Sept 2019The Paddock, Preston Crowmarsh, Oxon, OX10 6SL
Received 28 Aug 2025The Old Brewery Tap, 3 Shirburn Street, Watlington, OX495BU
Received 1 Feb 2021Courtyard House, 88 Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, RG9 5HP
Received 16 Jun 2025Upper Thorpe, Hagbourne Road, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EE
Received 3 Sept 2024The Cottage, Crowsley Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3JU
Received 22 Jun 2023O/S 99 and O/S 62 Edwin Road, Didcot
Received 12 Aug 2025Garages behind 16-18 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 29 Jun 2020Dunleah, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TB
Received 20 Jan 2025Old Orchard, 74, Preston Crowmarsh, OX10 6SL
Received 13 Oct 2020Nuns Acre River Garden, Goring, Oxon
Received 16 Sept 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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