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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
12,236 approved · 1,196 refused · 935 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 St Marys Close, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1RD
Received 23 Jun 2020Foxgloves, Nuney Green, RG4 7UR
Received 26 Oct 2023Newnham Hill Farm, Newnham Hill, RG9 5TP
Received 14 Feb 2024The Woodlands, Busgrove Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QB
Received 5 May 2020Holbeach, Worminghall Road, Waterperry, OX33 1LF
Received 7 Jun 2024Land to South West of Cowley Substation, near Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 9PA
Received 8 Oct 2024107 Wantage Road, Wallingford, OX10 0LT
Received 29 Mar 2021Crowsley Grange Road Passing North Of Crowsley Grange Crowsley Henley-on-Thames RG9 4JP
Received 10 Sept 2026Meadow View, Beech Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PX
Received 2 May 2019Fairway House, Nuffield, Oxon, RG9 5SJ
Received 12 Jan 2021Little Court, Manor Road, Goring on Thames, Oxon, RG8 9DU
Received 1 Mar 2021Dove House Farm, Cuddesdon, OX44 9HG
Received 16 Oct 2020The Barn House, 46 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, OX39 4EB
Received 1 Mar 20211 Grange Close, Goring, RG8 9DY
Received 26 Mar 202447 Market Place, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 2AA
Received 12 Feb 20219-11 Deanfield Avenue, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1UE
Received 11 Jul 2019Highfield Nurseries, Baldon Lane, Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire, OX44 9LT
Received 27 Oct 2020The Dolphin, 2 St Marys Street, Wallingford, OX10 0EL
Received 27 Sept 20242 Mill Farm Cottages, Sonning Eye, RG4 6TR
Received 20 Dec 2023Oak House Cottage, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JY
Received 14 Oct 2024Forge Cottage, Long Wittenham Road, North Moreton, OX11 9AX
Received 29 Jan 2021The Orchard, Upper Bolney Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AQ
Received 11 Nov 2024Hill View House, High Street, Kingston Blount, OX39 4SJ
Received 5 Nov 2019Building K3, Culham Science Centre, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 20 Aug 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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