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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.
12,527 approved · 1,324 refused · 581 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Winston Drive Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1GG
Received 12 Aug 2025Bedfield Bicester Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DP
Received 31 Mar 2025Yeomans Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SJ
Received 6 Apr 2021Vodafone Telecommunciations Mast Hornton Hill Farm Quarry Road Hornton Banbury OX15 6DF
Received 7 Jul 202112 Newcombe Close Milcombe OX15 4RN
Received 15 Sept 2025Meadowbank Somerton Road Ardley OX27 7NS
Received 16 Apr 2021Os Parcel 3489 Adjoining And South West Of B4011 Allectus Avenue Ambrosden
Received 15 Aug 2025Street Record Woodfield Banbury
Received 25 Nov 202598 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EF
Received 16 Jun 2021Field North East And Adjacent The Old Nursery Brill Road Horton Cum Studley
Received 26 Apr 2023Tadmarton Grove Stables Swalcliffe Road Upper Tadmarton OX15 5TE
Received 2 Mar 2026Newstone Main Street Sibford Ferris OX15 5RG
Received 29 May 202494 Neithrop Avenue Banbury OX16 2NJ
Received 13 Sept 2023The Bungalow 52A Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EF
Received 28 May 2024Deejay Farm Chestnut Road Mollington Banbury OX17 1BG
Received 10 May 2023Starveall Barn Quarry Road Hornton Banbury OX15 6DF
Received 19 Dec 2023Manor House 6 Mill Street Islip OX5 2SZ
Received 9 May 20254 Mannings Close Sibford Ferris OX15 5RA
Received 16 Nov 2021Virginia House Church Street Bodicote Banbury OX15 4DW
Received 2 Feb 202318 Eden Way Bicester OX26 2RP
Received 20 Feb 20235 Goodwood Close Bicester OX26 1AA
Received 19 Jan 2022Village Farm The Broadway Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UB
Received 9 Jun 2025The Red House Street Through Burdrop Burdrop OX15 5RQ
Received 15 Sept 2026121 Lucerne Avenue Bicester OX26 3EN
Received 16 Oct 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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