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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cherwell District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
16,735 approved · 1,701 refused · 855 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Market Square Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6AD
Received 13 Nov 2025115 Parsons Piece Banbury OX16 9GQ
Received 1 Aug 202448 Elton Road Banbury OX16 9UB
Received 7 Jun 2021Bank House Street From Banbury Road To Mount Pleasant Wardington OX17 1RU
Received 8 Feb 2023TMUK And 3 Telecommunications Mast 54332 Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 11 May 2020The Lodge 144 Bloxham Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9LE
Received 27 May 2022Orchard Cottage Cumberford Bloxham OX15 4QG
Received 29 Jan 2021Part Of Railway Embankment North East Of Aldershot Farm Howes Lane Bicester
Received 11 Aug 202051 Walton Avenue Twyford OX17 3LA
Received 12 Jan 2021Oak Cottage Heyford Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HS
Received 6 Jun 20231 Manor Cottages Thorpe Road Wardington OX17 1SP
Received 31 Jul 2026Plot 571 Phase 3A and 3B Zone 3 Graven Hill Road Ambrosden
Received 14 Apr 202263 Springfield Avenue Banbury OX16 9JF
Received 26 Sept 2019Phase 9 Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 10 May 2021Brook Court Fencott OX5 2RD
Received 4 Jan 2021Land Off Islip Road Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3DP
Received 22 Sept 2023110 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1DZ
Received 6 Jun 2023Land To Rear Of 15 Farmfield Road Adj To Beechfield Crescent Banbury
Received 18 Mar 2021Bradgate Lodge Boxhedge Road Banbury OX16 0BP
Received 24 Feb 202312 Severn Close Bicester OX26 2NN
Received 15 Dec 2021Bowler House New Street Deddington OX15 0SS
Received 10 Mar 2021Pride Mobility Products 32-34 Wedgwood Road Bicester OX26 4UL
Received 7 Nov 2022Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon OX5 3DW
Received 30 Apr 2025East West Rail Network Phase 2 (The Scheme) Railway from London Road Bicester to Station Road, Launton
Received 23 Nov 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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