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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
12,328 approved · 1,207 refused · 940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Hagbourne Road Didcot OX11 8DR
Received 8 Sept 2026Land to North East of Didcot, Mersey Way, Didcot, OX11 7SB
Received 10 Oct 2023The Crown Inn, 52 High Street, Benson, OX10 6RP
Received 23 Dec 2019The Old Farmhouse Lower Green Towersey Thame OX9 3QW
Received 23 Oct 2026The Old Auction Room, Aylesbury Road, Thame, OX9 3AS
Received 27 Jul 2020St Andrews C of E Junior School, High Street, CHINNOR, Oxon
Received 21 Mar 2019Orchid Lakes House, Abingdon Road, Dorchester-on-Thames, OX10 7LP
Received 27 Nov 2025Home Close, 29 Southend, Garsington, Oxon, OX44 9DH
Received 8 Nov 2023The Woodlands, Busgrove Lane, Stoke Row, RG9 5QB
Received 5 May 20202 Alma Green, Stoke Row, RG9 5PB
Received 6 Nov 2024Corner Close, 9 Bell Lane, Thame, OX9 3AL
Received 28 Aug 202075 Honey Lane, Cholsey, OX10 9NJ
Received 26 Apr 2023Smalls House, Mackney Lane, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0SJ
Received 22 Jan 2024Site B - Land off Cuxham Road Watlington Oxfordshire
Received 28 Apr 202621 Springhill Road, Goring, RG8 0BY
Received 6 Apr 2023Church Farm House, Wallingford Road, North Moreton, OX11 9BA
Received 3 Dec 202511 Hillside, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7HL
Received 13 Nov 202435 Croft Road, Thame, OX9 3JF
Received 21 Nov 201913 Western Avenue, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1JP
Received 26 Jan 2021Bayswater Farm, Bayswater Farm Road, near Barton, OX3 8BY
Received 17 Jan 2023Owl Dene, Mill Road, Goring, RG8 9DD
Received 9 Nov 202072 Lower Icknield Way, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, OX39 4EB
Received 24 Jul 2025Block 4, Flats 13-15 Fairmile Court, The Fairmile, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 2JP
Received 27 Jan 202649 Westleigh Drive Sonning Common Reading RG4 9LA
Received 8 Jun 2026Records 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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