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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.
16,753 approved · 1,702 refused · 855 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Saxon 59 61 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6JW
Received 5 Aug 20199 Cheshire Drive Heyford Park Oxfordshire OX25 5TQ
Received 23 May 2022Post Office Cottage Mount Pleasant Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SL
Received 2 Nov 2023Caravan And Camping Park Diamond Farm Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DR
Received 20 Dec 2024Bottrell House High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
Received 6 Mar 2024Sites B C D And E MOD Bicester Murcott Road Upper Arncott
Received 23 May 2019Holly Tree Club Holly Tree Club Horse Fair Deddington OX15 0SH
Received 25 Nov 2019High Furlong Farm Mollington Banbury OX17 1QE
Received 30 May 2022The Gables Millers Lane Hornton OX15 6BS
Received 17 Aug 2026OS Parcel 5700 South West Of Grange Farm Street Through Little Chesterton Chesterton
Received 10 Oct 2023The Banbury House Hotel 23-31 Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AH
Received 28 Aug 2025Kirtlington Church Of England School Heyford Road Kirtlington OX5 3HL
Received 12 Jun 20256 Edmunds Road Banbury OX16 0PZ
Received 13 Apr 2023162 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AD
Received 27 Oct 202145 Easington Road Banbury OX16 9HJ
Received 11 Nov 2025Depot Station Road Blackthorn OX25 1TA
Received 7 Feb 20232 Morello Close Bicester OX27 8AT
Received 13 Nov 2024Orchard Way Heyford Road Somerton Oxfordshire OX25 6LL
Received 3 Feb 2022Faraday House Woodway Road Sibford Ferris OX15 5RF
Received 16 Mar 2021Stapenhill House Scotland End Hook Norton OX15 5NR
Received 17 Jul 20202 North End Main Street Wendlebury Oxfordshire OX25 2PF
Received 17 Jul 202627 Church Lane Hampton Poyle OX5 2QF
Received 27 Sept 2021Berryfield Farm Hook Norton OX7 5SD
Received 3 Feb 2021The Sun Inn High Street Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5NH
Received 21 Apr 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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