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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12,328 approved · 1,207 refused · 940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Littlewick House Mill Lane Chinnor OX39 4RF
Received 16 Apr 2026Hamilton House, Middle Assendon, RG9 6AS
Received 11 Mar 2020Bates Leys Farm, Moreton Lane, Thame, OX9 2HZ
Received 21 Dec 2023Spencer Cottage, Moreton, OX9 2HX
Received 8 Sept 2025Brimpton Grange, Access To Hotel From A40, Milton Common, OX9 2JW
Received 2 Jan 2024Glenwood House, Sotwell Street, Brightwell cum Sotwell, Walllingford, OX10 0RG
Received 4 Mar 2019The Orchard, Upper Bolney Road, Harpsden, RG9 4AQ
Received 13 Jun 2024Oak House Cottage, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JY
Received 15 Jul 20242 Clare Cottages, Clare, Thame, OX9 7HQ
Received 22 Sept 2020Lower Green Farm, Lower Green, Towersey, OX9 3QP
Received 15 May 202444 Churchill Crescent, THAME, Oxon, OX9 3JW
Received 24 Mar 2026Milton Pools Fishery, near Milton Common, OX44 7EJ
Received 3 Jan 2023Land next to Oak House Cottage, Track Leading To Box Cottage, Common Lane, Binfield Heath, RG9 4JY
Received 31 May 2024National Westminster Bank, 18 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AP
Received 15 Aug 2023Tree Haven, Sotwell Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, OX10 0RH
Received 22 May 202562 Barley Close, Wallingford, OX10 9BX
Received 25 May 20234 The Rowans, Cholsey, OX10 9LN
Received 28 Feb 20194 Appletree Close, Sonning Common, RG4 9NB
Received 18 Sept 2025Ash Court, High Street, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7ER
Received 17 Mar 202026 Icknield Close, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7AU
Received 30 Apr 20194 Farm Place, Henton, OX39 4AD
Received 17 Mar 2025Building J04, Culham Science Centre Campus, near Clifton Hampden, OX14 3DB
Received 4 Sept 202618 Manor Road, Whitchurch On Thames, RG8 7EU
Received 22 Jun 2020The Oxford Belfry, Brimpton Grange, Access To Hotel From A40, Milton Common, OX9 2JW
Received 21 Feb 2025Records 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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