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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
37,173 approved · 3,408 refused · 2,174 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Feb 2010 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Green Cropredy Banbury OX17 1NH
Received 9 Feb 2016583 Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 5HH
Received 3 Dec 201218 Merganser Drive Bicester OX26 6UQ
Received 16 Jul 2021Romeland 9 Vicarage Gardens Cropredy Banbury OX17 1PJ
Received 20 Nov 2017Barley House 7 Barley Close Sibford Gower Oxfordshire OX15 5RZ
Received 1 May 2026Building 455 And 457 Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford
Received 27 May 201616 Twyford Gardens Twyford OX17 3JA
Received 6 Apr 2021Caulcott Farm 25 South Street Caulcott Bicester OX25 4NE
Received 3 Mar 2016The Ridge House Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JL
Received 27 Jul 2016The Old House Street Running Parallel To Oxhey Rise Wigginton Banbury OX15 4JZ
Received 23 Jul 20182 Cropredy Lane Williamscot Banbury OX17 1AD
Received 13 Sept 2013Duns Tew Manor Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JP
Received 19 May 2017Land East Of Bicester Village (Phase 3) Pingle Drive Bicester
Received 26 Jan 20212 Arkwright Road Bicester OX26 4SU
Received 29 Jun 2018Tallys Pride 1 The Stables Launton Road Stratton Audley Bicester OX27 9AX
Received 17 Jul 2024Archway Cottage New Street Deddington Banbury OX15 0SS
Received 25 Jan 202361 Cromwell Road Banbury OX16 0HE
Received 21 Jul 2023Kent Cottage Stoke Lyne Road Stratton Audley OX27 9AT
Received 27 Jun 2019Malvern House Main Street Sibford Ferris Banbury OX15 5RG
Received 5 Oct 20165 Tayberry Close Bicester OX27 8AU
Received 16 Mar 20263 Eastbrook Close Piddington Bicester OX25 1PD
Received 16 Nov 20151 Lambourne House Lambourne Way Adderbury Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 3PW
Received 15 Jun 2011Epwell Grounds Farm Shutford Road Epwell Banbury OX15 6HF
Received 9 Sept 20141 Hilltop Gardens Islip Kidlington OX5 2SJ
Received 14 Sept 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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