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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.
18,628 approved · 1,825 refused · 971 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hook Norton Brewery Brewery Lane Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5NY
Received 23 Jan 202525 Blenheim Drive Launton OX26 5EA
Received 29 Jul 2020Corner House Mill Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3QR
Received 23 Oct 2020Rowan Cottage High Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0SJ
Received 17 Oct 2024Os Parcels 7077 To 8220 Adjoining And North Of Palmer Avenue Lower Arncott
Received 9 Dec 20257 Falcon Mead Bicester OX26 6XE
Received 17 Mar 2026Lytchett House Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EW
Received 26 Jan 2023Folly Cottage The Lane Hempton OX15 0QX
Received 20 Jun 2022Sunny Brae Main Street Mollington OX17 1BD
Received 12 May 202519 Hazel Crescent Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1EH
Received 25 Aug 2026OS Parcels 6741 And 5426 West Cricket Field North Wykham Lane Bodicote
Received 23 Dec 202024 Highlands Tadmarton OX15 5SR
Received 25 Sept 2026Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 19 Dec 2024Swalcliffe Park School Main Road Swalcliffe OX15 5EP
Received 22 May 202316 Cheshire Drive Heyford Park OX25 5TQ
Received 19 Sept 2025Hook Norton Brewery Brewery Lane Hook Norton OX15 5NY
Received 13 Sept 202111 Primrose Drive Bicester OX26 3WP
Received 4 Mar 2021Land And Track Adj To Allotments Wykham Lane Bodicote OX15 4BW
Received 2 Jul 2019Street Record Camp Road Heyford Park
Received 16 Jul 2021Lower Tadmarton Farm Street Through Lower Tadmarton Lower Tadmarton Oxfordshire OX15 5SZ
Received 2 Apr 2025158 Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9LE
Received 9 Oct 2023Orchard Way Heyford Road Somerton Oxfordshire OX25 6LL
Received 28 Jun 20228 Fallow Way Banbury OX16 9TF
Received 31 Jan 2020Slade Farm House Slade Farm Port Way Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3JA
Received 14 Feb 2022Records 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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