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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.
12,714 approved · 1,344 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Merrystones Tanners Lane Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3ER
Received 11 Jul 2022The Dormers North Lane Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3RG
Received 14 Feb 2022Bay Tree House Bell Street Hornton Banbury OX15 6DB
Received 11 Oct 2022Begbroke Science Park Begbroke Hill Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1PF
Received 1 Sept 2023166 Broughton Road Banbury OX16 9QQ
Received 26 Oct 2022Telecommunications Cabinet CWL 18533 Oxhey Hill Cropredy
Received 6 Sept 2021OS Parcel 0514 Adjoining River Ray SW Of Bridge House Farm And NW Of Manor Blackbull Lane Fencott
Received 16 May 2024Cornucopia 1 Horne Close Caversfield OX27 8FE
Received 12 Jun 2025Artisan Framing Ltd Victoria Road Bicester OX26 6QD
Received 29 Oct 2021Os Parcel 4300 North Of Shortlands And South Of High Rock Hook Norton Road Sibford Ferris OX15 5QW
Received 27 May 2022Unit 12 Banbury Gateway Acorn Way Banbury OX16 3AB
Received 13 Apr 2021Alkerton Stone Quarry Street From Alkerton Heading East To Stratford Road Alkerton
Received 14 May 2021Land South East Of Garters And North West Of Top Farm House Stocking Lane Shenington
Received 14 Oct 2021South East Bicester Wretchwick Way Bicester
Received 1 Jul 2022Daisies High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
Received 9 Jul 2025Inkerman House Somerton Road Souldern Oxfordshire OX27 7HS
Received 11 Jul 2022Yarn Hill House Birds Lane Epwell Banbury OX15 6LQ
Received 14 Jan 202225 Castle Street Banbury OX16 5NU
Received 4 Apr 2022Old Chapel Church Lane Islip OX5 2TA
Received 28 Nov 2024The Orchard Water Street Somerton OX25 6NE
Received 1 Oct 2021Tithings House 6 The Tithings Swalcliffe Oxfordshire OX15 5DR
Received 8 Jul 2024Applea Banks Lower Street Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0RH
Received 2 Jun 2026Little Bennetts Rose Bank Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4NA
Received 15 May 2023Bridge At Junction Of Road South West Of Canal Cottage Station Road Lower Heyford
Received 1 May 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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