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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
27,145 approved · 2,745 refused · 1,657 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Garners Field Great Bourton OX17 1FH
Received 20 Oct 2022Land To The West Of School Lane And Foxden Way Great Bourton
Received 25 May 2023Tythe Barn Goose Walk Bloxham Banbury OX15 4JD
Received 18 Apr 2016Weston Manor Cottage Northampton Road Weston On The Green Oxfordshire OX25 3QL
Received 2 Dec 2022Land Rear Of Delphi Hornton Lane Horley
Received 25 Feb 2019107 Edmunds Road Banbury OX16 0QP
Received 8 Sept 2020Five Acres Foundation Stage School East Hawthorn Road Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2SN
Received 23 Oct 201838 Lock Crescent Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1HG
Received 14 Sept 2023Field Barn Epwell Grounds Farm Shutford Road Epwell
Received 25 May 2016Pure Barn Oxford Road Deddington OX15 0AG
Received 28 Aug 2026Hook Norton Brewery Brewery Lane Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5NY
Received 17 Apr 2025Land North And West Of Bretch Hill Reservoir Adj To Balmoral Avenue Banbury
Received 1 Feb 2023Jubilee Cottage Church Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3QS
Received 10 Dec 202048 Mulberry Drive Bicester OX26 3FY
Received 12 Nov 2018Phase 2 SW Bicester Parcel 7849 North Of Whitelands Farm Adjoining Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 11 Apr 2018Buildings 485, 488 And Land Surrounding Those Buildings (Dorchester Phase 6) Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford
Received 6 Sept 201851 Wesley Drive Banbury OX16 9LT
Received 24 Nov 2022Nisbet House South Side Steeple Aston OX25 4RU
Received 23 Aug 2021The Malt House Weston Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DH
Received 21 Mar 2016Windmill Nurseries London Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6RA
Received 21 Jul 2022Temple Mill Woodway Road Sibford Ferris Banbury OX15 5DA
Received 23 Aug 20182 The Priory Priory Road Bicester OX26 6BE
Received 30 Oct 2020Bainton Manor Street Through Bainton Bainton Oxfordshire OX27 8RL
Received 25 May 2022Hardwick Hill Southam Road Banbury
Received 5 Oct 2016Records 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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