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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.
12,094 approved · 1,266 refused · 555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Sibford Road And Quarry House Sibford Road Hook Norton
Received 7 Mar 2025Castle Barns Castle Street Deddington OX15 0TE
Received 30 Sept 2022Touchwood Berry Hill Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3HF
Received 19 Aug 2024Land West Of Church Ley Field Adjacent To Blackthorn Road Ambrosden
Received 27 Jan 202647 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE
Received 15 Jan 2024The Bungalow 52A Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EF
Received 10 Apr 202414 Chipperfield Park Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4NX
Received 10 Jun 2024Manor House Islip Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DP
Received 24 Jul 2023The Old Barn Cottage Goose Lane Bodicote OX15 4BY
Received 8 Oct 2024Pear Tree Cottage Scotland End Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5NU
Received 7 Sept 2023Site D And E Graven Hill Circular Road Ambrosden
Received 28 Apr 2025Salfords East End Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5LG
Received 19 Nov 2025Conifers Red Lion Street Cropredy OX17 1PB
Received 5 Aug 2021Land North Of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot Banbury Road Deddington
Received 29 Apr 202410 Austin Way Ambrosden Oxfordshire OX25 2DA
Received 18 Jul 2022Bainton Manor Bainton Bicester OX27 8RL
Received 20 Jun 2023The Old Dairy Workhouse Lane Bloxham Banbury OX15 4PH
Received 15 Jun 2021Bankside Millers Lane Hornton
Received 9 Jan 2023Carlyon House 27 Twyford Gardens Twyford Banbury OX17 3JJ
Received 18 Mar 20221 Elizabeth Rise Banbury OX16 9LZ
Received 2 Nov 2022Land North And Adjoining Home Farm Banbury Road B4100 Caversfield
Received 11 Aug 2023Quarry Farm Rattlecombe Road Shenington Oxfordshire OX15 6LZ
Received 17 Jul 2025Hornton Barn Painters Close Bloxham OX15 4QP
Received 6 Oct 202130 Orchard Way Banbury OX16 0HA
Received 6 Mar 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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