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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.
16,786 approved · 1,702 refused · 859 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Winds West Street Shutford Oxfordshire OX15 6PH
Received 22 Apr 2024Tadmarton Lodge Tadmarton Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 5SW
Received 1 Jun 20231 Stevenson Close Bicester OX26 2YJ
Received 5 Sept 2023Concrete Hovel Wroxton Banbury OX15 6ED
Received 31 Jul 2024Brasenose Cottage Fenway Steeple Aston OX25 4SS
Received 4 Nov 2025Daisy Hill Farm Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JS
Received 17 Jan 2024Banbury Magistrates Court Warwick Road Banbury OX16 2AW
Received 4 Feb 2022Windmill Centre And Sports Complex Hempton Road Deddington Banbury OX15 0QH
Received 1 Mar 2023Gage Farm Sibford Road Epwell Oxfordshire OX15 6LH
Received 6 Jan 2026Stone Hill House & Stone Hill Cottage Stone Hill Bloxham OX15 4PT
Received 12 Jun 20201 Twyford Avenue Twyford Banbury OX17 3JF
Received 5 Sept 2022Street Record Station Road Kirtlington
Received 17 Mar 2023Land North And West Of Bretch Hill Reservoir Adj To Balmoral Avenue Banbury
Received 30 Jun 2023Redrow Development Saltway OS Parcels 1200 3100 2000 1981 South Of Salt Way Bloxham Road Banbury
Received 3 Aug 2020The Old Malthouse St Johns Road Banbury OX16 5HX
Received 28 Feb 2020Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 1 Aug 2023Holly House School Lane Wigginton Oxfordshire OX15 4JX
Received 26 May 2023Rectory Farm Church Street Bloxham OX15 4ET
Received 7 Jul 2021The Old School House Main Street Mixbury NN13 5RR
Received 15 Feb 2021Ells Farm Ells Lane Bloxham OX15 5EE
Received 20 May 2022Garden Cottage Middle Barton Road Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JN
Received 9 Aug 2022Brashfield Merton OX25 2NF
Received 4 Nov 2022Halton House High Street Charlton On Otmoor Oxfordshire OX5 2UG
Received 4 Dec 2023Ark Farmhouse 120 Warwick Road Banbury OX16 2AN
Received 12 Apr 2023Records 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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