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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.
18,244 approved · 1,803 refused · 946 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lytchett House Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EW
Received 18 Nov 2019Heyford Grange Letchmere Farm Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LS
Received 26 Feb 2025Bladebone House Paines Hill Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SQ
Received 30 Jan 20192 Old Chapel Close Kidlington OX5 2HN
Received 4 Oct 202317 Hampden Drive Kidlington OX5 2LR
Received 6 Jan 2023Well Stone 3 Church Street Wroxton Banbury OX15 6QE
Received 1 Mar 201923 Taylor Close Bicester OX26 3HS
Received 30 Apr 2026Someton Deep Lock 34 Water Street Somerton
Received 5 Aug 20253 Hook Norton Road Sibford Ferris OX15 5QR
Received 16 Jul 2025The Old Vicarage High Street South Newington OX15 4JN
Received 29 Oct 20209 Kedleston Rise Banbury OX16 9TX
Received 19 Feb 20209 Foscote Rise Banbury OX16 9XS
Received 11 Nov 2025Castle View Goose Green Deddington Banbury OX15 0SZ
Received 21 Nov 201817 Broughton Road Banbury OX16 9QB
Received 20 Nov 2023Land South Of Home Farm House Clifton Road Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TP
Received 11 May 2022OS Parcel 9507 South Of 26 And Adjoining Fewcott Road Fritwell
Received 19 Oct 20223 Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DP
Received 25 Jan 2024Land South Of Perdiswell Farm Shipton Road Shipton On Cherwell
Received 9 Jun 202510 Kedleston Rise Banbury OX16 9TX
Received 2 Jul 2019OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Banbury
Received 31 Jan 2020St Marys Church Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AA
Received 3 Oct 2023O2 Telecommunications Mast 32052 OS Parcel 7288 South Of Home Hill Barn Barford Road South Newington OX15 4JJ
Received 6 May 2021Clifton Gate Development Site Land South Of Home Farm House Clifton Road Deddington
Received 28 Sept 202216 Lower End Piddington Bicester OX25 1QD
Received 15 Jan 2024Records 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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