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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.
18,379 approved · 1,814 refused · 955 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Beesley Road Banbury OX16 0HL
Received 25 Feb 202260 High Street Kidlington OX5 2DN
Received 18 Mar 2019Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick Bicester OX27 8SS
Received 9 Dec 2022House Adjacent To The Nut Tree Inn Street Through Murcott Village Murcott Kidlington OX5 2RE
Received 20 Oct 2021Shipton Manor Shipton On Cherwell OX5 1JL
Received 23 Oct 2020Land At Moat Farm Godington
Received 1 Oct 20219 Crouch Street Banbury OX16 9PP
Received 1 May 2020Ivy Cottage The Green Great Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1QH
Received 29 Oct 2024Fala Court Chapel Street Bicester OX26 6GW
Received 13 Sept 2022Mobleys Meadow Adjacent To Field 8200 Hook Norton OX7 5SF
Received 12 Sept 20243 Greville Road Banbury OX16 1HG
Received 30 Jul 2019Land To The South And Adj To South Side Steeple Aston
Received 10 Nov 20229 Glanville Gardens Banbury OX16 0DQ
Received 31 Dec 2025Barn Court Cottage Park Lane Swalcliffe Banbury OX15 5ET
Received 11 Sept 20189 Bolero Gardens Bicester OX25 2DD
Received 23 Oct 201822 Crouch Street Banbury OX16 9PP
Received 22 Apr 2022Land North Of Railway House Station Road Hook Norton
Received 21 Feb 2025The Green Barn Stoke Lyne Road Stratton Audley Bicester OX27 9AT
Received 20 May 201910 Twyford Gardens Twyford Oxfordshire OX17 3JA
Received 14 Feb 20245 Skimmingdish Lane Caversfield OX27 8UN
Received 24 Feb 202523 Laburnum Crescent Kidlington OX5 1HA
Received 20 Jun 2024Bicester Eco Town Exemplar Site Banbury Road Bicester
Received 16 Jul 2019Stonehaven Alchester Road Chesterton OX26 1UN
Received 28 May 2021Needle Cottage 25 Main Street Duns Tew Oxfordshire OX25 6JR
Received 25 Oct 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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