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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
39,030 approved · 3,534 refused · 2,255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kelberg Ltd Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3TH
Received 3 May 2016Wilja House 55 Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TU
Received 13 May 2015Mawles Farm Pound Lane Sibford Gower Oxfordshire OX15 5RR
Received 29 Aug 20231 Longfields Court Longfields Bicester OX26 6QW
Received 27 Apr 2026Moto Services Ltd Cherwell Valley Motorway Service Area Ardley OX27 7RD
Received 28 Feb 2013Land North East Of Oxford Road West Of Oxford Canal And East Of Bankside Banbury
Received 1 Oct 2015Long Cottage Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SR
Received 18 Sept 202326 East Street Banbury OX16 3LL
Received 20 Jun 2014The Warren 11 Ironstone Hollow Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5NA
Received 22 May 2013North Ridge Paines Hill Steeple Aston Oxfordshire OX25 4SQ
Received 8 Dec 2022The Old Forge Moor Lane South Newington Banbury OX15 4JQ
Received 23 Sept 2016Chamber Cabinet East Hawthorn Road Ambrosden
Received 4 Dec 2017Orchard View Street From Main Street To Swalcliffe Lea Upper Tadmarton OX15 5TB
Received 29 Mar 2021The Little Pet Shop 37 - 38 Church Lane Banbury OX16 5LX
Received 13 Feb 2015Deddington Parish Church St Peters And St Pauls Church Church Street Deddington OX15 0SA
Received 22 Jun 20261 Austins Way Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LQ
Received 19 Sept 20171 Green Lane Chesterton Oxfordshire OX26 1UR
Received 23 May 20224 Crouch Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9PP
Received 30 Oct 2023OS Parcel 9507 South Of 26 And Adjoining Fewcott Road Fritwell
Received 8 Aug 2016Eco Business Centre Charlotte Avenue Bicester OX27 8BL
Received 4 Dec 2017Tabby's Nook Main Street Duns Tew Oxfordshire OX25 6JR
Received 30 Sept 202521 The Daedings Deddington Banbury OX15 0RT
Received 1 Sept 2014Bazeley Farm Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SP
Received 14 Jun 201299 And 101 The Moors Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2AQ
Received 6 Jun 2012Records 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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