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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
33,601 approved · 3,175 refused · 2,010 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2011 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vistry Homes Land At Bicester Road Kidlington
Received 30 Mar 202649 Ruskin Walk Bicester OX26 4TE
Received 25 May 2022The Dun Cow West End Hornton OX15 6DA
Received 10 Aug 2021The Warriner School Banbury Road Bloxham Banbury OX15 4LJ
Received 17 Jan 2020Kennington House 32 Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JS
Received 9 Jan 2017Land And Former Buildings UH11 442 465 466 467 468 470 471 481 492 493 529 593 596 Dow Street Upper Heyford
Received 28 Nov 2013The Rushes Water Lane Fewcott Bicester OX27 7NX
Received 18 Mar 2016Dewars Farm Quarry Ardley Road Middleton Stoney
Received 14 Jul 201410-22 (even) The Timbers, Launton, Bicester, OX26 5AL
Received 30 Oct 202450 Gascoigne Way Bloxham Banbury OX15 4TL
Received 10 Feb 2014P R Alcock And Sons Ltd Castle Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5NX
Received 21 Aug 2023OS Parcel 9507 South Of 26 And Adjoining Fewcott Road Fritwell
Received 23 Sept 2022Waterbridge Farm Aynho Road Adderbury OX17 3NT
Received 5 Sept 20194 Silver Street Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6QB
Received 10 May 202210 Evans Lane Kidlington OX5 2HX
Received 8 Aug 2017Bloxham Grove Farm Bloxham Grove Road Bloxham Banbury OX15 4LL
Received 24 Jun 201514 and 15 High Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5EE
Received 22 Dec 202512 Valentia Close Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DF
Received 8 Mar 2024Folly Cottage The Lane Hempton OX15 0QX
Received 14 Jun 202232 The Paddocks Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1TF
Received 4 Sept 20154 Station Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DE
Received 3 Apr 2018Barns Crockwell House Farm Manor Road Great Bourton
Received 24 Aug 2021Tesco 49 - 57 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6JW
Received 8 Jul 201312 Hart Walk Heyford Park OX25 5AF
Received 26 Apr 2021Records 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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