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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.
18,341 approved · 1,811 refused · 954 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Duns Tew Manor Main Street Duns Tew OX25 6JP
Received 23 Jul 2021Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 28 Mar 202462 Almond Avenue Kidlington OX5 1EW
Received 6 Nov 20244 The Sidings Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5QF
Received 18 Jan 2019The Cottage Church Walk Upper Heyford OX25 5LQ
Received 7 Aug 201918 Boxhedge Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0BP
Received 3 Apr 2023The Hive Cottage 72 Water Eaton Lane Gosford Kidlington OX5 2PR
Received 1 Jun 2021Heritage Skills Academy Building 90 A3 Bicester Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester OX27 8AL
Received 29 Mar 2021141 Ravencroft Bicester OX26 6YF
Received 25 Nov 202025 Banbury Road Kidlington OX5 1AH
Received 25 Feb 2022Side Acre Queen Street Bloxham OX15 4QQ
Received 16 Nov 202114 Hopcroft Avenue Ambrosden OX25 2DB
Received 1 Oct 202116 Market Place Banbury OX16 5LL
Received 20 Jan 2020Mandalay Wykham Lane Broughton OX15 5DT
Received 16 Jun 2020Begbroke Science Park Begbroke Hill Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1PF
Received 16 Jun 2023Little Warren Noke OX3 9TT
Received 24 Nov 2021The Bungalow White Post Road Bodicote OX15 4BN
Received 15 Jun 202015 Twyford Gardens Twyford OX17 3JA
Received 7 Jul 2020Oak View North Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3RG
Received 15 Sept 2021Formerly Demag Cranes And Components Beaumont Road Banbury OX16 1QZ
Received 8 Jan 2020Oddstones Cottage 23 High Street Upper Heyford OX25 5LE
Received 26 Aug 202247 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BA
Received 5 Oct 2023Corble Farm Piddington HP18 9XB
Received 30 Jul 2020Manor House Islip Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DP
Received 23 Jul 2025Records 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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