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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12,148 approved · 1,189 refused · 930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Swallowcliffe, Checkendon, RG8 0SX
Received 31 Aug 2023North View, Old Nursery Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RB
Received 25 Jan 202430 Blackstone Road, Wallingford, OX10 8JJ
Received 20 Sept 2023Rock House, 14 Westfield Road, Wheatley, OX33 1NG
Received 22 Sept 2020140 Reading Road, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1EA
Received 5 Nov 2019Benson Waterfront, Riverside Shop And Cafe, Benson, OX10 6SJ
Received 19 Jun 2023Oak Cottage, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QW
Received 2 Feb 2021The Old Granary, 45 Martins Lane, Dorchester-On-Thames, OX10 7JE
Received 3 Nov 2020Saragossa House, 13 New Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BP
Received 3 Sept 2025Thames Bank Cottage High Street Whitchurch On Thames Reading RG8 7DB
Received 28 May 202662 Station Road, Wallingford, OX10 0JZ
Received 7 Dec 2023Slades Wood, Widmore Lane, Sonning Common, RG4 9RR
Received 5 Jan 2021Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 8 Jun 2021Syde, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TJ
Received 27 Jan 20253 The Green, Chalgrove, OX44 7SU
Received 23 May 2023The Torrens, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QP
Received 24 Mar 2023Northfield Farm, Long Wittenham, OX14 4QR
Received 16 Dec 2019Greenacres, Elizabeth Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1RJ
Received 15 Jan 2021Red Lane Lay-by on the A4074
Received 12 Oct 2026Rye Farm Cottage, Culham, OX14 3NN
Received 30 Oct 20198 Bardolphs Close Chazey Heath Reading RG4 9ER
Received 13 Oct 2026Windmill House, Lower Assendon, RG9 6AN
Received 17 Nov 2025Upper Gatehampton House Gatehampton Road Goring RG8 9LT
Received 30 Apr 20269 The Mount, Tetsworth, OX9 7AF
Received 18 Jun 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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