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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12,133 approved · 1,188 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lime Tree House, Mackney Lane, Brightwell-Cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SJ
Received 30 Jun 2021Elm Tree Farm, Common Lane, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JY
Received 15 Aug 202528 High Street, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7HN
Received 7 Feb 20232 Albert Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SD
Received 10 Feb 2025Garden Cottage, Badgemore Park, Gravel Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 4NR
Received 3 Mar 2023The Mount, Thame Road, Stadhampton, OX44 7TX
Received 14 Sept 202012 Green Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9NA
Received 5 Mar 20212 Victoria Gardens, Tetsworth, OX9 7DG
Received 3 Jul 2025Fair View, High Street, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QJ
Received 29 Oct 202428 Elvendon Road Goring Reading RG8 0DU
Received 10 Apr 2026Post Office, High Street, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EE
Received 3 Jan 202388 Wellington Street, Thame, OX9 3BN
Received 9 Apr 2024Querton, Manor Road, Goring, RG8 9ED
Received 14 Nov 2023Ormesby, Greys Hill, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SW
Received 13 Nov 2025186 Abingdon Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 9BP
Received 6 Jul 202144 Poplar Close, Garsington, OX44 9BP
Received 3 Nov 2020Land Rear of 44 Kennylands Road, Sonning Common, RG4 9JT
Received 8 Jun 2021Land at Thames Farm, Reading Road, Shiplake
Received 27 Nov 2020Flat 1, Manor Farm, Foxhall Road, Didcot, OX11 7AG
Received 1 Aug 2024Grey House, High Street, Beckley, OX3 9UU
Received 12 Nov 202042 Green Lane Ewelme Wallingford OX10 6DA
Received 28 May 20263 Ladygrove Cottages, Goring Heath Road, Ladygrove, RG8 7RU
Received 17 Jan 20234 Davenport Place, Watlington, OX49 5QA
Received 30 Jan 2025Kings Copse, Lower Road, Garsington, OX44 9BL
Received 31 Jan 2020Records 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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