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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.
12,675 approved · 1,338 refused · 589 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 The Greensward Wardington OX17 1RT
Received 12 May 20233 Bletchingdon Park Stables Church End Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DN
Received 6 Jul 2023Rosevine 31 Ardley Road Fewcott OX27 7PB
Received 10 Mar 202628 Arbury Close Banbury OX16 9TE
Received 4 May 2022Pringle Cottage Rectory Lane Fringford Bicester OX27 8DX
Received 23 Feb 202618 Milton Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9PL
Received 15 Nov 2023Cornbrash House Bletchingdon Road Kirtlington OX5 3HF
Received 3 Dec 2025Units D E And F Beaumont Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 1RH
Received 23 Apr 2026Flat At 6 Southam Road Banbury OX16 2ED
Received 13 Jun 2023Peoples Park Warwick Road Banbury
Received 10 Dec 2024EE Ltd Telecommunication Mask Kidlington Fire Station Sterling Road Kidlington OX5 2DU
Received 12 Feb 2024Hethe Cottage The Green Hethe OX27 8EU
Received 24 May 2021Axis J9 Phase 3 Howes Lane Bicester
Received 12 Mar 2024Timber Cottage High Street Souldern OX27 7JP
Received 17 Feb 2021Land Located to the South-West of Westbury
Received 12 Jun 202672 Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AN
Received 31 Jan 202250 Somerton Road Ardley OX27 7NT
Received 19 Apr 2021Heyford Lodge Heyford Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AL
Received 15 Jun 2023The Crest Whiteway Mollington Oxfordshire OX17 1BL
Received 29 Oct 2025OS Parcel 6800 North Of Manor Farm Twyford Road Twyford Adderbury
Received 2 Mar 2021Kirtlington Post Office Stores 1 Troy Lane Kirtlington OX5 3HA
Received 2 Feb 2021Plum Cottage Main Street North Newington OX15 6AJ
Received 9 Aug 2021Troy Farm Ardley Road Somerton Oxfordshire OX25 6NG
Received 15 Sept 2025Tudor Cottage 22 Church Street Bicester OX26 6AZ
Received 21 Jul 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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