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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 Cherwell District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Cherwell website
26,757 approved · 2,701 refused · 1,613 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 2014 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
20 Addison Road Banbury OX16 9DH
Received 12 Jun 2023Part Of OS Parcel 7700 Adjoining B4035 And Swalcliffe Road Upper Tadmarton
Received 28 Mar 2023Crosswinds 209 Woodstock Road Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PU
Received 15 May 2024Sunny Brae Main Street Mollington Banbury OX17 1BD
Received 17 Feb 201718 Bridge Street Banbury
Received 22 Mar 2017Land North Of Merton Road Ambrosden
Received 6 Oct 2020175 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AE
Received 27 Feb 20253 The Green Barn Stoke Lyne Road Stratton Audley OX27 9AT
Received 7 Jul 2021Kestrel School Lane Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AW
Received 3 Aug 2016Bruern Abbey School Chesterton House The Lane Chesterton Bicester OX26 1UY
Received 19 Dec 2018All Saints Bloxham School Banbury Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4PE
Received 7 Nov 2023Knotty Ash 14 Park Close Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HR
Received 12 Jan 2017Rosies Cottage Lower Street Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0RH
Received 2 Feb 2026Top Farm House Rattlecombe Road Shenington Banbury OX15 6LZ
Received 16 Aug 2016OS Parcel 4200 Adjoining And North East Of A4095 And Adjoining And South West Of Howes Lane Bicester
Received 27 Feb 2019Holmby House Main Street Sibford Ferris OX15 5RG
Received 14 Oct 202522 Fairfax Centre Kidlington OX5 2PB
Received 26 Nov 2024Park Gardens Bath Road Banbury OX16 9HQ
Received 26 Jan 2026Mymms Cottage Weston Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DH
Received 24 Dec 2021143 West Street Banbury OX16 3HE
Received 21 Sept 202212 The Lane Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QW
Received 24 Aug 2015Yew Tree Cottage High Street South Newington OX15 4JN
Received 2 Nov 20225 Cavendish Place Stratton Audley OX27 9BN
Received 29 Apr 2024Charnwood 178 Woodstock Road Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PW
Received 1 Mar 2018Records 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 Cherwell 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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