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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
12,259 approved · 1,198 refused · 937 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fields off Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, Oxon, OX11 9DD
Received 28 Sept 2023Barclays Bank Plc, 102 High Street, Thame, OX9 3DU
Received 30 May 2023Copyhold Farm, Copyhold Farm Partners, Lady Grove, Goring Heath, RG8 7RT
Received 13 Sept 2024Old Peppard Farmhouse, Church Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JU
Received 13 Mar 202460 Westfield Road, Benson, OX10 6NL
Received 1 Mar 2024Green Acre, Great Mead, East Hagbourne, Oxon, OX11 9BN
Received 22 May 202027 St Leonards Close, Watlington, OX49 5PQ
Received 5 Nov 2020Cartref, Northfield Avenue, Lower Shiplake, RG9 3PB
Received 16 Feb 202354 New Street, Henley on Thames, RG9 2BT
Received 6 Jun 2019Slade Farmhouse, 5 Hagbourne Road, Aston Upthorpe, OX11 9EE
Received 4 Jan 2021The Studio Barn, Oxford Road, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EW
Received 22 Sept 2025Flat, 14 Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0AD
Received 29 Aug 2024Malthouse Orchard Brightwell-cum-sotwell Wallingford OX10 0RQ
Received 1 Jun 202615 Orchard Close, Chalgrove, OX44 7RA
Received 13 Mar 201958 Crawshay Drive, Emmer Green, RG4 8SY
Received 24 Jan 202433 Bridle Path, Woodcote, RG8 0SE
Received 1 Mar 2021The Old Farmhouse The Street North Stoke Wallingford OX10 6BL
Received 28 May 2026The Boathouse, Rod Eyot, Wargrave Road, Henley on Thames, RG9 3JD
Received 3 Jan 2020The Cabin, Kiln House, Kiln Lane, near Binfield Heath, RG9 4ES
Received 30 Jun 20252 Chiltern Close, Chalgrove, OX44 7RN
Received 3 Oct 2022Astbury, Satwell Close, Satwell, RG9 4QT
Received 21 Nov 202347 Fairfax Road, Chalgrove, OX44 7RX
Received 2 Nov 2020Little Stoke House, Little Stoke, OX10 6AX
Received 19 Aug 202536 Crown Lane, Benson, OX10 6LP
Received 23 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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