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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.
18,557 approved · 1,822 refused · 966 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Canterbury House Fir Lane Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SF
Received 1 Jul 201977 High Street Banbury OX16 5JG
Received 22 Mar 2022Cell No. 76856 EE Mask Telecommunication Station Road Ardley OX27 7PQ
Received 13 May 2020Bo Peep Farm Aynho Road Adderbury OX17 3NP
Received 19 Oct 2021Whitecroft Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley OX33 1AU
Received 14 Oct 202083 Wise Avenue Kidlington OX5 2AU
Received 1 Feb 2021Yeomans Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SJ
Received 28 Sept 2020Blaize House Street From Williamscot Hill To Centre Williamscot OX17 1AB
Received 25 Jun 2021Meadow Walk The Dickredge Steeple Aston OX25 4RS
Received 25 Feb 2021Duns Tew Manor Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JP
Received 8 Dec 2023Dunelm Mill Southam Road Banbury OX16 2RX
Received 29 Jan 202012 Lavender Road Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DN
Received 8 Feb 2024Manor Farmhouse Church Lane Barford St John OX15 0PS
Received 3 Aug 2026Land North And South Of Pingle Drive Bicester
Received 22 Nov 202260 Kempton Close Bicester OX26 1AE
Received 17 May 202139 Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TU
Received 5 Jun 2025Land Adj To 10 The Lane Fritwell
Received 23 Jan 2020The Electricity Network Company Telecommunication Apparatus Highway Verge Adjacent To Bankside Banbury OX16 9TD
Received 21 Oct 2021Land South Of Green Lane Chesterton
Received 7 Apr 202512 Fair Close Bicester OX26 4YW
Received 6 Feb 2020Leys Farm Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5BZ
Received 6 Dec 202324 Dashwood Road Banbury OX16 5HD
Received 17 Apr 202344 Dashwood Avenue Yarnton OX5 1NJ
Received 14 Apr 20231 Daisy Hill Duns Tew OX25 6LB
Received 2 Aug 2019Records 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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