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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.
12,421 approved · 1,309 refused · 573 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Sandy Croft Sandy Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PB
Received 9 Nov 202262 Almond Avenue Kidlington OX5 1EW
Received 3 Apr 2023Land To The South And Adj To South Side Steeple Aston
Received 5 Jul 2023Land For Proposed Development At Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury
Received 10 Mar 202381 North Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QR
Received 31 Oct 20222 Charlbury Close Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2BW
Received 14 Mar 2022Wardington Manor Thorpe Road Wardington Banbury OX17 1SW
Received 9 Oct 2024Highway House Park Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5LR
Received 26 Jun 2023Field House 1 Ingleby Paddocks Enslow Kidlington OX5 3ET
Received 5 Mar 20252 Old Parr Road Banbury OX16 5HT
Received 8 Aug 202247-48 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TH
Received 17 May 2023Bristow House Broad Gap Bodicote Oxfordshire OX15 4DD
Received 8 Sept 2023Street Record Allotment Way Launton
Received 10 Mar 202523 Wise Avenue Kidlington OX5 2AT
Received 1 Aug 2022Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School Main Street Sibford Gower OX15 5RW
Received 10 May 2024Land At Banbury Road (B4100), Gaydon, CV35 0HL, *outside of area*
Received 7 Aug 2025Sycamore House Firtree Close Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 1JS
Received 26 Jan 2024Archway Cottage New Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0SS
Received 5 Feb 2024Wroxlea Horley Path Road Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6QA
Received 24 Oct 202523 London Road Bicester OX26 6BU
Received 10 Nov 2025Hall Farm Main Street Fringford Bicester OX27 8DP
Received 20 Mar 2023Finmere Grounds Farm Water Stratford Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AT
Received 24 Nov 2023Network House Langford Locks Kidlington
Received 29 Apr 2026Building G5 MoD Bicester Palmer Avenue Lower Arncott OX25 1QS
Received 9 Aug 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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