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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
12,215 approved · 1,194 refused · 932 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Lambridge Wood Road, HENLEY-ON-THAMES
Received 14 Oct 2019The Barn, Bix, RG9 4RS
Received 8 Oct 2025Land adjacent to Chelsea Cottage, Burrows Hill, Ewelme, Oxon, OX10 6HR
Received 28 Apr 2025Land Adjacent Sewage Works, Moorend Lane, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3HW
Received 22 Aug 2023Shiplake College, Reading Road, Shiplake, RG9 4BW
Received 13 Mar 2026Peckwater, High Street, North Moreton, OX11 9AT
Received 6 Nov 202519 Dart Drive, Didcot, OX11 7XX
Received 14 Jan 202525 Sycamore Drive, Thame, OX9 2AT
Received 17 Apr 2023Ffawyddog House, Beckley, OX3 9US
Received 11 Nov 2024Land at Crowell Road, Chinnor
Received 20 Feb 2026Hunts Farm Cottage, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 9 Dec 2019St Nicholas House, 90 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0BW
Received 28 Nov 2024King William, Hailey, OX10 6AD
Received 22 Aug 2023Ferry Lane Open Space, Ferry Lane, Goring, Reading
Received 4 Jun 2019Land adjacent to and North West of Cherry Croft Cottage, Kingwood Common, RG9 5NB
Received 23 Sept 2020Whites Field Hall, Mill Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4QU
Received 17 Nov 2023Forge Cottage, Stonor, RG9 6HE
Received 26 Feb 2024Lys Mill Farm Buildings, near Watlington, OX49 5EP
Received 16 Mar 2026Priory Cottage, Berrick Salome, Oxon, OX10 6JR
Received 18 Jul 2024Greenwood Cottage, 30 Silver Street, Tetsworth, OX9 7AR
Received 1 Dec 2022Land at Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 8 Jan 2020Bottom Farm House, Bottom Lane, Checkendon, RG8 0NR
Received 3 Mar 2023Girdler House, Quebec Road, Henley on Thames, RG9 1EY
Received 31 Jul 201929-30 The Thatch, High Street, Thame, OX9 2AA
Received 26 Mar 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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