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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
12,189 approved · 1,191 refused · 931 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land North of Manor Farm, Cuxham, OX49 5NG
Received 13 Dec 202212 Elm Close, Wheatley, OX33 1UW
Received 2 Dec 2022Ashleigh, 10B Croft Road, Thame, OX9 3JF
Received 28 Jul 2025Park Cottage, Waterstock, OX33 1JT
Received 13 Sept 2024The Garage, Horton Road, Beckley, OX33 1AG
Received 4 Jun 2019Newington Nurseries, Newington, OX10 7AW
Received 22 May 2019Home Close, Crowell Hill, OX39 4BT
Received 22 Jun 2023The Old Vicarage, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PB
Received 18 Sept 2025Eastern boundary in the parcel of land that constitutes rear, garden of No 1 Parkside, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1TX
Received 27 Feb 2023Mayfield Hazelmoor Lane Gallowstree Common Reading RG4 9DJ
Received 16 Jul 202614 North Close Tiddington Thame OX9 2LT
Received 14 Jul 2026The Court House, Pyrton, OX49 5AP
Received 21 Oct 202547 St Johns Road, Wallingford, OX10 9AG
Received 23 Aug 2019Redways Farm, New Inn Road, Beckley, OX3 9SS
Received 6 Apr 2023Benson Library, Castle Square, Benson, OX10 6SD
Received 31 Oct 202221 Hamilton Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1SH
Received 12 Oct 20231 Church Close, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9LP
Received 12 Sept 2024Steven Orton Antiques, Shirburn Road, Watlington, OX49 5BZ
Received 18 Sept 202019 Beech Road, Thame, OX9 2AN
Received 23 Jul 2019103 St Andrews Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1PN
Received 6 Apr 202351 High Street, Thame, OX9 2AD
Received 22 Oct 2020Hillfield Farm, Toot Baldon, OX44 9NH
Received 8 Sept 2025Greatfield, New Road, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3LA
Received 26 Jan 20231 Sherwood Gardens Henley-on-thames RG9 1QJ
Received 21 Sept 2026Records 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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