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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
37,055 approved · 3,404 refused · 2,170 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Oct 2010 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 The Bradburys Stratton Audley Bicester OX27 9AS
Received 25 Jul 20256 Willow Road Banbury OX16 9EY
Received 17 Feb 2016Ferndown House 13 Milton Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4HD
Received 21 Oct 20221 Mickleton View Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SH
Received 25 Oct 2024Chapel Barn Chapel Lane Balscote Banbury OX15 6JN
Received 1 May 2019Os Parcel 1913 Adjoining And West Of Street From North Newington To Wroxton North Newington
Received 27 Apr 2021Kelberg Ltd Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3TH
Received 15 Aug 2016Windsor House 10 - 14 High Street Kidlington
Received 21 Jan 201521 Powys Grove Banbury OX16 0UG
Received 22 Feb 2022Elm Trees North Side Steeple Aston OX25 4SE
Received 2 Dec 2021The Lion Main Street Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PW
Received 20 Jan 20173 Dashwood Terrace Dashwood Road Banbury OX16 5HF
Received 21 Jul 2014Land East Of Chestnut Close Launton
Received 2 Sept 20143 Sycamore Close Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5SB
Received 18 Jun 2015Wells Yard Hudson Street Deddington
Received 23 Aug 2017Wp1 9M Light Broadband Installation West Street Bicester OX26 2EW
Received 23 Mar 2022Petra Netting Street Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5NP
Received 24 Aug 201714 School Road Kidlington OX5 2HB
Received 24 Feb 2020Land South Of Manor Place Oxford OX1 3UN
Received 8 Jul 2015The Kooples Uk 7 Pingle Drive Bicester OX26 6WD
Received 30 Sept 2016Paragon Fleet Solutions 80 Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LX
Received 19 Jan 20173 Lenton Road Banbury OX16 9ED
Received 6 Apr 2022KM22 South West Bicester Development Site Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 14 Jul 20171 Meadow View Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PU
Received 20 Sept 2019Records 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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