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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.
16,697 approved · 1,699 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Swallows Barn Manor Farm Lane Balscote Oxfordshire OX15 6JJ
Received 12 Sept 2023Allotment Gardens West Of Roebuck Inn And South East Of The Blinking Owl PH Banbury Road North Newington
Received 20 Oct 202325 High Street Kidlington OX5 2DH
Received 4 May 2023Land North East Of Oxford Road West Of Oxford Canal And East Of Bankside Banbury
Received 6 May 2026OS Parcels 0042 8629 7000 6185 3200 1200 2600 1200 0107 8300 9708 0006 4449 6567 South Eas Chapel Lane Bodicote
Received 16 Sept 2022Inchcape House, Inchcape Mercedes Benz And Toyota Langford Lane Kidlington OX5 1HT
Received 30 Apr 2021Red Rose Cottage Troy Lane Kirtlington OX5 3HA
Received 1 Jul 2026Land Adjacent 2 Lancaster Close Bicester
Received 16 Nov 2021Laurels Farm Station Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DX
Received 21 Oct 2024Land East Of Ploughley Road Ambrosden
Received 4 Jul 2025Street Record Lower Street Barford St Michael
Received 1 Oct 2019Land South And Adj To Cascade Road Hook Norton
Received 23 Sept 202213 Orchard Way Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2EL
Received 3 Apr 202447 Fernhill Road Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1RR
Received 11 May 2022The Sanctuary Priory Lane Bicester OX26 6BG
Received 9 Feb 2023Barn Rear of Pool Farmhouse Main Street Wroxton OX16 6PT
Received 30 Nov 2023Horn Hill Cottage Horn Hill Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3EU
Received 21 Jul 20252 Springfield Avenue Banbury OX16 9HT
Received 6 Sept 2019Sideways Tanners Lane Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3ER
Received 25 Sept 2023Merriemakers Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley OX33 1AU
Received 21 Oct 2020Formerley CAR Motor Services Southam Road Banbury OX16 2RR
Received 12 Jan 2026St Marys House Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EU
Received 11 Nov 2025OS Parcel 4846 South East Of Launton Road And North East Of Sewage Works Blackthorn Road Launton
Received 11 Dec 2020Stratton House 3 Marshalls Close Shenington OX15 6ND
Received 15 Nov 2021Records 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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