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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.
18,791 approved · 1,834 refused · 976 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Daisy Head Farm South Street Caulcott OX25 4NE
Received 19 Dec 20228 Dunlin Court Banbury OX16 9YY
Received 1 Jun 202638 Bridge Street Banbury OX16 5PY
Received 2 Jun 2021Wedmore House The Green Great Bourton OX17 1QH
Received 26 Mar 2021The Hub Twyford Mill Oxford Road Adderbury OX17 3SX
Received 25 Apr 2024New House St Giles Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3BX
Received 8 Aug 20224 High Street Banbury OX16 5DZ
Received 17 Aug 2021Horley Manor Little Lane Horley Banbury OX15 6BJ
Received 13 Nov 20182, 4 and 6 Priory Mews Old Place Yard Bicester OX26 6AU
Received 25 Feb 20221 Pound Close Kirtlington OX5 3JR
Received 23 Dec 2020Units 82/83, 84, 85, 85A, 86A And 86B And Management Office Bicester OX26 6WN
Received 26 Jan 2021Bicester Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester
Received 24 Jan 2019Church View Manor Farm Lane Balscote OX15 6JJ
Received 23 Jul 202620 Ripon Close Bicester OX26 1AL
Received 22 Feb 2022The Warriner School Banbury Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4LJ
Received 30 Nov 2023Mead Cottage 2-4 Mead Road Barford St John Oxfordshire OX15 0PW
Received 5 Jul 2024Paradise Farm Wigginton Road South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JS
Received 17 Jul 2026Bonners Barn Dovecote Lane Somerton Bicester OX25 6NA
Received 22 Oct 2018Mole House Lower Boddington Road Claydon Oxfordshire OX17 1QB
Received 9 Jul 2025The Mulberries Thorpe Road Wardington OX17 1SR
Received 25 Jul 2022The Manse Bull Ring Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TT
Received 22 Oct 20241 Longfields Court Longfields Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6QW
Received 16 Apr 2026Os Parcel 7400 Sw Of River Cherwell Adj Part Of A34 By Hampton Gay And Poyle Hampton Gay And Poyle
Received 26 May 2026Os Parcel 7480 Adjoining Railway Line And Parish Boundary Street Through Merton Merton
Received 24 Feb 2020Records 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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