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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
29,819 approved · 2,922 refused · 1,815 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Foxgloves Hopcraft Lane Deddington OX15 0TD
Received 25 Jun 2026Yarnton Manor Church Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PY
Received 21 Nov 20227 The IO Centre Jugglers Close Banbury OX16 3TA
Received 13 Jan 2020Leasowe House Bonds End Lane Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RT
Received 1 Apr 2024New College House Alchester Road Chesterton OX26 1UN
Received 5 Oct 2020The Web Church Street Bloxham OX15 4ET
Received 28 May 2019The Black Bull 2 Banbury Road Kidlington OX5 2BT
Received 7 Mar 2023Peacocks Unit EY1A Pioneer Square Bure Place Bicester OX26 6FA
Received 26 May 2021Unit D1 Graven Hill Circular Road Ambrosden
Received 18 Sept 2026Phase 2 SW Bicester Parcel 7849 North Of Whitelands Farm Adjoining Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 7 Dec 2017The Unicorn Market Place Banbury OX16 5LJ
Received 14 Mar 202341 Rochester Way Twyford Banbury OX17 3JU
Received 14 Jun 2019Walnut Tree Cottage 25 The Green Upper Heyford OX25 5LG
Received 24 May 202110 Field Street Bicester OX26 2NP
Received 12 Apr 20189 Mulcaster Avenue Kidlington OX5 2HG
Received 17 Jun 201660 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BB
Received 20 Feb 2023Bicester Eco Town Exemplar Site Phase 2 Charlotte Avenue Bicester
Received 6 Sept 20216 Park Close Kirtlington OX5 3HR
Received 4 Jan 2024Shepherds House The Lane Hempton Banbury OX15 0QT
Received 27 Jun 2018Land Opposite Hanwell Fields Recreation Adj To Dukes Meadow Drive Banbury
Received 24 Dec 2024OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Banbury
Received 2 Mar 2026The Roebuck Banbury Road North Newington Banbury OX15 6AB
Received 19 Feb 201512 The Holt Mollington Banbury OX17 1BE
Received 18 Jan 2016Castle House Bull Ring Deddington Banbury OX15 0TT
Received 2 Oct 2017Records 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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