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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
12,148 approved · 1,189 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 1 Mar 2019Beechwood Crowsley Road Shiplake Henley-on-Thames RG9 3LE
Received 2 Oct 202616 Valley Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1RR
Received 18 Jun 2025Land off Benson Lane, Ewelme, OX10 6HB
Received 16 Oct 202383 Harpsden Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1ED
Received 24 Apr 2023The Manor Chalgrove, 28 Mill Lane, Chalgrove, OX44 7SL
Received 2 Nov 2020Chiltern View Farmhouse, Kingston Stert, OX39 4NL
Received 9 Sept 2025Land to the north east of Didcot- Phases 5b, 7 & 8, Didcot, OX11 9BS
Received 23 Jan 2026Eastfield House, Eastfield Lane, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7EJ
Received 2 Jan 20203 Gainsborough Crescent, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1TB
Received 8 Jul 2019Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 3 Sept 202521 Underhill, Moulsford, OX10 9JH
Received 26 Feb 2021Jacaranda, 3 Old London Road, Milton Common, OX9 2JR
Received 7 Aug 2019Orchard Dene Nurseries, Lower Assendon, RG9 6AL
Received 31 Oct 202431 Upper High Street, Thame, OX9 2DN
Received 20 Nov 2020Chapel Wells, Church Hill, Pishill, RG9 6HJ
Received 19 Dec 20251 Green Lane, Warborough, OX10 7DY
Received 27 Apr 2020Chiltern Cottage Britwell Salome Watlington OX49 5LH
Received 29 Apr 2026Falcarragh House 12B The Croft East Hagbourne Didcot OX11 9LS
Received 5 Oct 202620 Pettiwell, Garsington, OX44 9DB
Received 28 Feb 2023Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd, Central Drive, Didcot, OX11 7ND
Received 21 Feb 20244-5 Thames Court Goring Reading RG8 9AQ
Received 3 Sept 2026Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 25 Sept 202422 Oakley Lane, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX9 3SE
Received 12 May 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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