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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
12,282 approved · 1,203 refused · 938 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waterside House, Drayton St Leonard, OX10 7BG
Received 9 Dec 202042 Oakley Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4HT
Received 23 May 2019Unit 2, Station Road, Centenary Business Park, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1DS
Received 29 Apr 2025Greenways, Sewells Lane, Sydenham, OX39 4LW
Received 3 Apr 202432 Kennylands Road Sonning Common RG4 9JT
Received 10 Apr 2026Little Gables, Spring Lane, Aston Tirrold, Oxon, OX11 9EJ
Received 29 Nov 20222 Cranford Cottages, Moulsford, OX10 9HR
Received 12 Jul 2023Savills, 58-60 Bell Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2BN
Received 1 May 2025Land west of Pyrton Lane, Watlington
Received 18 Jun 2019Culham Station House, Station Road, Culham, OX14 3BT
Received 15 Sept 2025Old Orchard (formerly Red Lane Bungalow), Red Lane, Woodcote, RG8 0PD
Received 7 Jan 2021Badgemore CP School, Hop Gardens, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2HL
Received 24 May 2019School Cottage, Road Running Through Elsfield, Elsfield, OX3 9UH
Received 12 Nov 202022 Mowbray Road, Didcot, OX11 8SU
Received 17 Oct 202530 Usk Way, Didcot, OX11 7SQ
Received 21 Sept 2020Building at White Lees Farm, North Moreton
Received 17 Mar 2025Oakingham House, Whitcalls Lane, Nuffield, RG9 5TF
Received 30 Jun 2025Earthtrust, Sires Hill, Little Wittenham, OX14 4QZ
Received 20 Dec 2019Yew Tree Cottage, Cuxham, OX49 5NF
Received 29 Sept 2022Wyevale Country Gardens, Reading Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AE
Received 15 Mar 202330 Orchard Close, Thame, OX9 3JR
Received 3 Dec 2024The Old Rectory, Waterperry, OX33 1LB
Received 31 Jul 2019Courtyard House, 88 Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 5HP
Received 25 Jan 202111 Thameside, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1BH
Received 4 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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