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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
12,167 approved · 1,191 refused · 931 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Larkstoke Manor, Ipsden, OX10 6AF
Received 20 Oct 2023The Crown Inn, 52 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 23 Dec 2019Aureus Primary School, Clover Fields, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 6GS
Received 18 Nov 2022Whiteleaf Ltd, Lupton Road, Thame Industrial Estate, Thame, OX9 3SE
Received 7 Feb 2023South View, Wallingford, OX10 0HH
Received 6 Jul 20201 Parkside, Henley on Thames, Oxon
Received 18 Jul 20195 Sunnyside, Benson, OX10 6LZ
Received 15 Dec 2025Unit 1 Trademarq, Lupton Road, Wallingford, OX10 9BS
Received 1 Dec 2020Wunthro, Behoes Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PS
Received 12 Mar 2024Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons Church Road Great Milton Oxford OX44 7PD
Received 13 Aug 202617 Malyns Close, Chinnor, OX39 4EW
Received 17 Jul 20231 Tennyson Mews, Mill Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LN
Received 3 Dec 2025Front Lodge, Shiplake House, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BL
Received 10 Jan 20238 Norman Avenue, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, Oxon, RG9 1SG
Received 25 Sept 2019Woodlands, 86 Elvendon Road, Goring on Thames, Oxon
Received 4 Aug 2020Stores Cottage, Brightwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RT
Received 2 Dec 2024Cliff Cottage, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HJ
Received 9 Jun 20211 Albert Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SD
Received 23 Aug 2024Britwell House, Britwell Salome, Oxon, OX49 5LJ
Received 4 Dec 201963 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EA
Received 24 Jul 2019Allnutts Cottage, 52 Shirburn Street, Watlington, OX49 5BT
Received 17 Jul 202012A Panters Road, Cholsey, OX10 9NY
Received 17 Aug 2020Caxton House 1 Station Road Henley-on-Thames RG9 1AD
Received 1 Apr 2026Rectory Farm, Pound Lane, Stanton St John, OX33 1HF
Received 25 Aug 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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