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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.
12,692 approved · 1,340 refused · 591 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Apollo Office Park Ironstone Lane Wroxton OX15 6AY
Received 3 Jun 2021Land North Of Bicester Avenue Garden Centre Oxford Road Bicester
Received 31 Aug 20232 The Beeches Deddington OX15 0TY
Received 10 Jun 20226 Crouch Hill Road Banbury OX16 9RG
Received 18 Jul 2024High Rock Hook Norton Road Sibford Ferris Oxfordshire OX15 5QW
Received 19 Nov 2024Brantlith Manor Orchard Horley Banbury OX15 6DZ
Received 6 Oct 2026The Orchard Water Street Somerton OX25 6NE
Received 11 May 2021Outbuildings at 8 Heathfield Cottages Street Through Heathfield Village Heathfield OX5 3DU
Received 20 Jan 20266 May Tree Close Bicester OX26 6PA
Received 16 Dec 2021Land Adjoining And West Of Maplecroft Street Through Murcott Village Murcott
Received 10 Jun 202623 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE
Received 26 Jan 2024Former The Otmoor Lodge Hotel Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1AY
Received 3 Jun 2024Phase 9 Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 28 Apr 20212 Brinsmore House Oddington Kidlington OX5 2QZ
Received 13 Mar 2026Mill Lane Cottage Mill Lane Lower Heyford OX25 5PG
Received 20 Jul 20224 The Sidings Hook Norton OX15 5QF
Received 16 Aug 2021Part Of Os Parcel 5900 East Of Broughton And North Sandfine Road Broughton
Received 18 Jan 2022The Old Vicarage Church Street Bicester OX26 6AY
Received 8 Oct 2021Shepherds Cottage Church Road Ardley Bicester OX27 7NP
Received 4 Nov 2024Shipton On Cherwell Quarry Shipton On Cherwell Oxfordshire
Received 17 Jan 202511 Sir Henry Jake Close Banbury OX16 1EY
Received 24 Jan 20222 Acre Ditch Sibford Gower Oxfordshire OX15 5RS
Received 19 Aug 2025Greensquare Homes Limited Former Bodicote Farm White Post Road Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BN
Received 9 Sept 2025Honeysuckle House Mill Street Islip OX5 2SZ
Received 21 Oct 2022Records 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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