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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.
12,388 approved · 1,303 refused · 571 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cromwell Lodge Hotel 9-11 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TB
Received 22 Dec 20237 Albert Street Banbury OX16 5DG
Received 18 Jan 202444 Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LF
Received 29 Sept 2025Amey Rail Station Approach Banbury OX16 5AB
Received 7 Feb 2024Wroxton Grange Church Street Wroxton OX15 6QE
Received 3 Oct 2025Little Manor Manor Road Adderbury OX17 3EL
Received 22 Feb 2022St Peters Cottage South Side Steeple Aston OX25 4RT
Received 16 Oct 2025The Forge Middle Hill Hook Norton OX15 5PL
Received 15 Sept 2021Field Farm Stratton Audley Road Stoke Lyne Bicester OX27 8FT
Received 14 Aug 2023Field North East And Adjacent The Old Nursery Brill Road Horton Cum Studley
Received 26 Jul 20221 Rotary Way Banbury OX16 1ER
Received 10 Aug 202338 School Road Kidlington OX5 2HB
Received 11 Nov 2021Adderbury Bowls Club Oxford Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3JB
Received 21 Sept 2026Manor House Islip Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DP
Received 10 Oct 2022New Science Park Land West Of The Junction With The Boulevard Oxford Airport Langford Lane Kidlington
Received 8 Nov 202497 Woodfield Banbury OX16 1PY
Received 6 May 2026The Knoll Little Bridge Road Bloxham OX15 4PU
Received 7 Oct 2022Land South West Of Bicester Adjoining Oxford Road And Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 20 Apr 202127 Grimsbury Drive Banbury OX16 3HN
Received 20 Jan 20256 Lawrence Close Banbury OX16 2DR
Received 16 Apr 2025Telecommunications Mast Ox0021 Adjacent Bicester Avenue Garden Centre Oxford Road Bicester
Received 27 Apr 2026Adderbury Hill Barn Milton Road Adderbury OX17 3HN
Received 7 Dec 2022Church View Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JL
Received 8 May 202477 Kempton Close Bicester OX26 1AD
Received 12 Oct 2023Records 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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