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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
12,347 approved · 1,209 refused · 943 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Towersey Drive, Thame, OX9 3NS
Received 7 Feb 202460 Fir Tree Avenue, Wallingford, OX10 0PD
Received 23 Apr 202512-16 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AH
Received 27 Nov 2024Osaka Ventures Ltd, 19 Cornmarket (Oxfam), Thame, Oxon, OX9 2BL
Received 2 Feb 2023Hunts Farm House, Harpsden Bottom, Harpsden, RG9 4HY
Received 11 Feb 2021Dunleah, Otmoor Lane, Beckley, OX3 9TB
Received 5 Sept 202437 Wessex Way, Long Wittenham, OX14 4SQ
Received 24 Mar 2023Folly Farm, Common Road, Beckley, OX3 9UR
Received 19 May 202022 Queens Close, Thame, OX9 3AZ
Received 6 Mar 2023Land adjacent to 5 St Annes Close, Access off Old Greys Lane, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1XA
Received 15 Apr 202411 Edinburgh Drive, Didcot, OX11 7HS
Received 21 Oct 202252 Beech Road, Chinnor, OX39 4RD
Received 25 Apr 2024The Old School House, Homelands Way, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1SN
Received 5 Jan 202123 Milton Close, Henley-On-Thames, RG9 1UJ
Received 19 Nov 2019Newells Farm, Newells Lane, Stadhampton, OX44 7XJ
Received 31 Mar 2025Mill Cottage, Mill Street, Stanton St John, OX33 1HN
Received 16 Jan 202620 Old Copse Gardens, Sonning Common, RG4 9TH
Received 1 May 2025St Leonards Church Yard, Pyrton Lane, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5LX
Received 8 Jul 20196 The Moorlands, Benson, OX10 6RT
Received 30 May 2024Greenacre, Moreton Road, Moreton, OX9 2HL
Received 16 Mar 2021Brannock, Lower End, Great Milton, OX44 7NL
Received 31 Jul 2019Goode House, The Street, South Stoke, RG8 0JS
Received 11 Mar 2025Technology Centre, Bozedown Drive, Whitchurch Hill, RG8 7QR
Received 24 Jul 2025137 Wessex Road, Didcot, OX11 8BJ
Received 16 Feb 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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