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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
27,982 approved · 2,809 refused · 1,724 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Attock House Church Lane Horton Cum Studley OX33 1AW
Received 28 Sept 202246 Dashwood Avenue Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1NJ
Received 15 Nov 202264 Lucerne Avenue Bicester OX26 3EL
Received 14 Mar 2024The Lodge South Side Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4RY
Received 10 May 2017Chiltern Invadex 126 Churchill Road Bicester OX26 4XD
Received 11 Apr 2019Land To Rear And Adj Woodbine Cottage Street Through Murcott Village Murcott
Received 8 Dec 202315 Lake Walk Adderbury Banbury OX17 3PF
Received 6 Dec 202253 Brinkburn Grove Banbury OX16 3WX
Received 13 Feb 2026Gowers Close Main Street Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RW
Received 22 Sept 2015Weston Manor Cottage Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3QL
Received 17 Nov 2015The Limes 94 East Street Fritwell Oxfordshire OX27 7QF
Received 16 Nov 2023Wroxton Fields Quarry Stratford Road A422 Wroxton
Received 30 Nov 2022Proposed Telecommunications Mask Cell No. 75424 Wharf Lane Souldern
Received 21 Dec 2016The Stables Launton Road Stratton Audley
Received 20 Jan 20259 Orchard Piece Mollington OX17 1DP
Received 14 Feb 2025Land To The North West Of Old Farm House Adjoining Orchard Piece Mollington
Received 19 Mar 2018Nicholas Corner Burdrop Banbury OX15 5RQ
Received 14 Jun 2019Land South West Of Bicester Adjoining Oxford Road And Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 5 Feb 2018Gilbert Garden Tadmarton Road Bloxham Banbury OX15 4HW
Received 5 Jul 2016Oxford To Bicester Rail Link Buckingham Road Bicester
Received 23 Dec 2015Allotments Oxford Road Bletchingdon
Received 23 Jun 2022Land North East Of Fringford Study Centre Adjoining Rectory Lane Fringford OX27 8DD
Received 15 Jul 202072 High Street Banbury OX16 5JG
Received 18 May 2020Rear Of 32 To 34 The Moors Kidlington
Received 5 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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