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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
38,884 approved · 3,527 refused · 2,251 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Dec 2009 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Mallards Way Bicester OX26 6WT
Received 11 Dec 20204 Neithrop Close Banbury OX16 2NU
Received 9 Sept 2015Sites B C D And E MOD Bicester Murcott Road Upper Arncott
Received 22 Nov 2017The Old Rectory 4 St Michaels Lane Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1RT
Received 22 Dec 2022Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 18 Jan 2013Moorhouse Church Lane Wendlebury OX25 2PN
Received 20 Dec 2021Park Farm Gullicote Lane Hanwell Banbury OX17 1GY
Received 30 Apr 2014Greene House Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1BZ
Received 14 Sept 2017Oriel High Stocking Lane Shenington OX15 6NF
Received 31 Aug 202174 Buckingham Road Bicester OX26 4EQ
Received 6 Mar 2013Rosedene Street Running Parallel To Oxhey Rise Wigginton Oxfordshire OX15 4JZ
Received 21 Feb 2025OS Parcel 4100 Adjoining And South Of Milton Road Adderbury
Received 9 Mar 2018Hazel Cottage Northampton Road Weston On The Green OX25 3QX
Received 7 Sept 2021Whettons Yard Chapel Street Bloxham Banbury OX15 4NB
Received 3 Nov 201418 The Spears Yarnton OX5 1NS
Received 13 May 2022Land At Bluebell Farm Crossing Lane Claydon OX17 1EL
Received 2 Jun 202529 Victoria Court Bicester OX26 6GD
Received 26 Jul 201321 Kyetts Corner Cropredy OX17 1JW
Received 10 Jul 2020Telecommunications Mast Part Of A34 By Weston On The Green Weston On The Green
Received 5 Nov 2021Lane Head Main Street Sibford Gower OX15 5RT
Received 30 Apr 2021Various Trees At Highlands Tadmarton Oxfordshire OX15 5SR
Received 21 Jun 202463 Bicester Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2LD
Received 10 Jun 20221 The Chestnuts Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3UB
Received 8 Jul 2024Blacklock House Middleton Road Banbury Oxfordshire
Received 2 Jul 2010Records 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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