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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
30,199 approved · 2,952 refused · 1,832 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Oct 2013 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stableford House Stableford Lane Chesterton Bicester OX26 1EH
Received 17 May 2021Blackthorn Hill Farm Barns Blackthorn Hill Blackthorn
Received 13 Nov 2014The Shippon 4 Old Manor Court Horley Banbury OX15 6BF
Received 24 Sept 2018Laurel Bank South Newington Banbury OX15 4JW
Received 26 Aug 2015Strangers Drift North Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3RG
Received 12 Mar 202581 Blenheim Drive Bicester OX26 2NH
Received 2 Jun 2015The Old Manor 9 Station Road Cropredy Oxfordshire OX17 1PS
Received 26 May 2026Land To Rear Of Tangmere Close And Scampton Close Skimmingdish Lane Bicester
Received 6 Jul 2017Brent Main Street Sibford Gower OX15 5RT
Received 28 Oct 2020Plot 2 Mallories Cherry Street Stratton Audley
Received 10 Aug 2017East West Rail Network Phase 2 The Scheme Railway From London Road Bicester To Station Road Launton
Received 29 May 2020North Aston Hall St Marys Walk North Aston Bicester OX25 6JA
Received 4 Dec 201729 The Moors Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2AH
Received 18 May 20261 South End Cottages Bletchingdon Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HF
Received 10 Nov 2016Formerly Focus Garden Centre Adj Unit 1 Lockheed Close Banbury
Received 12 May 201778 High Street Banbury OX16 5JG
Received 21 Aug 201921A Market Place And 1A Parsons Street Banbury OX16 5LJ
Received 10 Nov 2017Faraway Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1BX
Received 23 Feb 2017Orchard Way Heyford Road Somerton Bicester OX25 6LL
Received 16 Oct 2015Hardwick Hill Southam Road Banbury
Received 27 Oct 2016170 Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9LD
Received 6 Jul 2015Land South Of Leycroft Barn Somerton Road Souldern
Received 9 Nov 2015121 Bicester Road Gosford OX5 2PX
Received 6 Oct 202014 Stoutsfield Close Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1NX
Received 24 Apr 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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