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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
12,310 approved · 1,205 refused · 939 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Leoni Ltd Unit 2, Robert House, 19 Station Road, Chinnor, OX39 4PU
Received 3 Oct 202312 Badgers Walk, Shiplake, RG9 3JQ
Received 31 Mar 2025Wharf House Castle Lane Wallingford OX10 0BN
Received 29 Apr 2026Red Kite View, Britwell Road, Watlington
Received 24 Jan 2024Apple Croft, Slade End, Brightwell cum Sotwell, OX10 0RD
Received 22 Dec 2023The Glebe Cottage, High Street, Goring, RG8 9AP
Received 5 Aug 2025John Hampden Primary School, Park Street, Thame, OX9 3HU
Received 24 Oct 2019Rycote Lane Farm, Rycote Lane, Milton Common, OX9 2NZ
Received 13 Dec 2023Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Church Road, Great Milton, OX44 7PD
Received 23 Sept 202538 Berkshire Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1NB
Received 4 Dec 2024Kiln House, 5 The Old Kiln, Nettlebed, RG9 5BA
Received 18 Nov 20258 Windrush Mews, Didcot, OX11 7SE
Received 4 Feb 20216 West Street, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 2DT
Received 30 Aug 20191 Beechwood Close, Goring Heath, RG8 7SG
Received 12 Jan 20261 St Tinnivers, High Street, Beckley, OX3 9UU
Received 19 Mar 202429 Deanfield Avenue, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1UE
Received 16 May 202536 Monks Lode, Didcot, OX11 7UY
Received 21 Mar 2023Keepers, Upperton, OX49 5PE
Received 11 Jun 2019The Glade Abingdon Road Burcot Oxon OX14 3DN
Received 23 Jul 202655A The Street, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8EA
Received 14 Aug 2024Clifton Hampden Bridge, Clifton Hampden, OX14 3EH
Received 19 Sept 2025Hallemead Stables, Woodlands Road, near Harpsden, RG9 4AB
Received 4 Jun 2024Ridgeways New Road Shiplake Henley-on-thames RG9 3LA
Received 27 Apr 2026St Edmund Campion Church, Watcombe Road, Watlington, OX49 5QJ
Received 2 Nov 2022Records 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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