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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
32,948 approved · 3,144 refused · 1,981 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Aug 2012 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Field Street Bicester OX26 6SH
Received 11 Feb 2020Windmill Nurseries London Road Bicester OX26 6RA
Received 10 Jul 2019Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury OX17 1HJ
Received 2 Dec 2024Westfield Cottage Fenway Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SS
Received 4 Jul 2017Grafton Cottage Park Lane North Newington Banbury OX15 6AD
Received 8 Apr 201912 Delapre Drive Banbury OX16 3WP
Received 24 Jun 2026International Applications 18B Wildmere Road Banbury OX16 3JU
Received 31 Oct 2013Rectory Farm Main Street Oddington Kidlington OX5 2RA
Received 28 Nov 202310 Twyford Gardens Twyford Oxfordshire OX17 3JA
Received 19 Oct 202138 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6LG
Received 17 Oct 201317A Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2BP
Received 22 Sept 20224 Manor Farm Close Merton Bicester OX25 2NA
Received 22 May 2015OS Parcel 6900 East Of Oxford Road And Adjoining South Of Canal Lane Bodicote
Received 10 Aug 2018Land North East Of Oxford Road West Of Oxford Canal And East Of Bankside Banbury
Received 6 Dec 2018Honeysuckle Cottage The Green Great Bourton OX17 1QH
Received 30 Sept 20206 Bartholomew Avenue Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1LY
Received 28 Aug 2015Maryland Blackbull Lane Fencott Oxfordshire OX5 2RD
Received 14 Feb 2022Kings House Kings Head Court Wessex Way Bicester OX26 6EJ
Received 19 Nov 202413 Town Close Mere Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AP
Received 13 Jun 20189 Blenheim Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9TQ
Received 17 Jun 202229 St Johns Way Hempton Banbury OX15 0QR
Received 11 Jan 20167 Beatrice Drive Banbury OX16 0DT
Received 4 Mar 2026Lime Tree Cottage Manor Road Fringford Bicester OX27 8DG
Received 26 Sept 201386B Pingle Drive Bicester OX26 6WD
Received 4 Dec 2013Records 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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