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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
37,927 approved · 3,466 refused · 2,204 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Dec 2009 to 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 - 3 London Road Bicester OX26 6BU
Received 17 Aug 2017Cropredy Marina Claydon Road Cropredy Banbury OX17 1JP
Received 28 Nov 2017Barn Close Burdrop Banbury OX15 5RQ
Received 27 Sept 2016Hill Farm Hill Farm Lane Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JJ
Received 3 Mar 202019 Broad Close Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1BE
Received 1 Mar 2012Land Adj To 139 Bicester Road Kidlington
Received 25 Apr 201837 Oxlip Leyes Bicester OX26 3ED
Received 6 Mar 20182 Crouch Cottages Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9UN
Received 27 Oct 2016Cotefield Farm Oxford Road Bodicote
Received 31 Jan 201812 St Marys Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3HB
Received 28 Nov 2016The Old Manor Kenhill Road Shenington OX15 6NQ
Received 12 Jun 2023Phase 9 Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 1 Apr 2021Peace Haven High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
Received 14 Oct 2014Horton Farm The Straight Mile Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1AD
Received 20 Apr 2017Crown And Tuns, Flat New Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0SP
Received 5 Dec 202523 Horsham Close Banbury OX16 1XR
Received 17 Apr 2025Upper Green Brill Road Horton Cum Studley OX33 1BU
Received 30 Jun 2023Tadmarton Manor Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5TD
Received 18 Nov 2024Proposed Sub Station North East Of Building 488 Camp Road Upper Heyford
Received 1 Dec 2014Upper Green Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxford Oxfordshire OX33 1BU
Received 7 Jan 20137 Angelica Close Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 1WF
Received 18 Apr 2011Tangley Cottage The Gap North Side Steeple Aston OX25 4SE
Received 12 Aug 202010 High Acres Banbury OX16 9SJ
Received 23 Feb 201818 Southam Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2EG
Received 5 Dec 2011Records 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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