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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.
12,441 approved · 1,316 refused · 574 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bainton Manor Bainton OX27 8RL
Received 26 Mar 202131 Park End Bodicote Banbury OX15 4DF
Received 17 Mar 2025Rectory Farm Cottage Noke Oxford OX3 9TX
Received 5 Jun 2023Cornerstones Tanners Lane Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3ET
Received 9 Oct 202529 Buckhurst Close Banbury OX16 1JT
Received 24 Sept 202556-58 Broad Street Banbury OX16 5BL
Received 19 May 2025*Various locations, see UPRN tab* Adjacent to 17 Cheviot Way, 18 Romney Road & 1 Hardwick Park, Banbury
Received 15 Oct 202410 Meadow View Kidlington OX5 2XY
Received 18 Nov 2024Ruscote Arcade, Car Park Longelandes Way Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 1PH
Received 28 Jun 202220 Edgcote Way Banbury OX16 2DT
Received 3 Dec 2024Bignell Park Barns Kirtlington Road Chesterton
Received 24 Jan 2023Travis Perkins 128 Churchill Road Bicester OX26 4XZ
Received 16 Feb 2022Banbury 200 Southam Road Banbury OX16 2FW
Received 12 Feb 2024Castle Antiques Berwick House New Street Deddington OX15 0SP
Received 6 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To The Oxford Canal Spiceball Park Road Banbury
Received 4 Oct 2022Haynes Court Kingsclere Road Bicester OX26 2GF
Received 23 Sept 20247 Hobart Way Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0AH
Received 1 Jun 2023125 Sinclair Avenue Banbury OX16 1BQ
Received 5 Jul 2021Stables Cottage Main Street Sibford Ferris Banbury OX15 5RE
Received 10 Feb 2023Flights Mill Mill Lane Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HW
Received 14 Jun 2024Grass Strip To The Rear Of Industrial Units Upper Windsor Street Banbury
Received 3 Nov 2021Barn House High Street Souldern Oxfordshire OX27 7JP
Received 16 Aug 2023Part Of G Site HQ Bicester Garrison Palmer Avenue Lower Arncott
Received 26 Jan 2023Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 20 Jun 2024Records 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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