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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
38,096 approved · 3,472 refused · 2,212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The School House Barford Road South Newington Banbury OX15 4JJ
Received 14 Oct 2014Land North Of The Green And Adj To Oak Farm Drive Milcombe
Received 9 Jan 201911-12 Banbury Cross Retail Park Lockheed Close Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 1LX
Received 26 Aug 2026Cedarholme Bonds End Lane Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RT
Received 7 Mar 2019Lower Lodge Williamscot OX17 1AE
Received 6 May 2020Quarry Farm Oxford Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3HH
Received 15 Dec 2020Lowland 6A The Colony Colony Road Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RY
Received 14 Jan 2015Manor House 6 Mill Street Islip Kidlington OX5 2SZ
Received 5 Nov 201954 Grebe Road Bicester OX26 6EL
Received 19 Jul 2016Outbuilding Approximately 5 Metres North West Of Manor Farmhouse Church Lane Hampton Poyle
Received 23 Nov 201517 Edinburgh Close Banbury OX16 0NY
Received 11 Mar 2021The Gables Woodstock Road Gosford Oxford OX5 1PH
Received 23 May 2018Hardwick Hill Southam Road Banbury
Received 5 Oct 2016Waitrose Southam Road Banbury OX16 2FW
Received 3 Jul 2017Sundown Crowcastle Lane Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HP
Received 8 Apr 2016Stone Cottage South Green Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HJ
Received 31 Aug 20161 The Chestnuts Kirtlington OX5 3UB
Received 9 Oct 20233 Orchard Way Banbury OX16 0HP
Received 17 Mar 2021Former Bicester Community Hospital Kings End Bicester OX26 6DU
Received 16 Jul 201425 Banbury Road Kidlington OX5 1AQ
Received 13 May 2025Hill Farm Blackthorn Hill Ambrosden Oxfordshire OX25 1TL
Received 26 Nov 2010Methodist Homes Housing Association West Court 45 West Street Banbury OX16 3RA
Received 31 Jul 2023Hollyhocks North Street Islip Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2SQ
Received 30 Sept 2010Plot 369 Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DA
Received 21 Feb 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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