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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
27,827 approved · 2,799 refused · 1,712 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Mar 2014 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Model Farm 19 Bletchingdon Road Hampton Poyle OX5 2QG
Received 21 Jun 2021The Old Forge Mixbury Brackley NN13 5RR
Received 2 May 2017203 Wilsdon Way Kidlington OX5 1TZ
Received 28 Jun 2023The Cottage Old Stone Court 1 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BA
Received 29 Jun 2020Yarn Hill Cottage Birds Lane Epwell Oxfordshire OX15 6LQ
Received 5 May 202249 Danvers Road Broughton Banbury OX15 5DU
Received 1 Feb 2016213 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AE
Received 9 Sept 202525 Cornhill, Castle House Market Place Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5NG
Received 22 Aug 2022Land South West Of Bicester Adjoining Oxford Road And Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 4 Oct 2017Cozynest Cottage Chesterton Bicester OX25 3PD
Received 3 Oct 2022Corner Cottage Bletchingdon Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HF
Received 24 May 2016Balscote Mill The Plain Road Shutford
Received 30 Sept 2024Hornton Grounds Farm Hornton Banbury OX15 6HH
Received 21 Jul 2021Former Marlborough Arms 1A Gatteridge Street Banbury OX16 9DJ
Received 19 Jan 2016Unit Ey1 Pioneer Square Bure Place Bicester OX26 6FA
Received 13 Jan 20222 Lee Close Kidlington OX5 2XZ
Received 8 Mar 2018Summer Court North Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3RG
Received 8 Apr 2024OS Parcel 0063 North East Of Crouch Hill Farm Adjoining Broughton Road Banbury
Received 30 Jun 2015Park Farm Cottage St Giles Close Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PZ
Received 5 Dec 2016Walnut Tree House Manor Orchard Horley OX15 6DZ
Received 1 May 2025Yew Tree House Church Street Bloxham Banbury OX15 4ET
Received 26 May 201517-19 High Street Bodicote OX15 4BX
Received 9 Mar 2023Manor Cottage 1 The Ridgeway Bloxham Banbury OX15 4NF
Received 19 Apr 201840 Greenhills Park Bloxham OX15 4TA
Received 1 Sept 2020Records 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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