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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.
12,754 approved · 1,347 refused · 598 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BA
Received 13 Aug 202113 The Holt Mollington Oxfordshire OX17 1BE
Received 15 Jul 20241 Sandown Road Bicester OX26 1BU
Received 27 Oct 2023The Old Rectory 4 St Michaels Lane Begbroke OX5 1RT
Received 20 Dec 2021North Ridge Paines Hill Steeple Aston OX25 4SQ
Received 12 May 2021Land For Proposed Development At Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury
Received 13 Jun 2023Court Yard House Church End Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DL
Received 8 Mar 2023The Innovation Quarter Skimmingdish Lane Launton
Received 28 Mar 2025Banbury Police Station Warwick Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2AE
Received 26 Feb 2026Land To The Rear Of No.12 And South Of Dismantled Railway Heath Close Milcombe
Received 27 Oct 2025Street Record Station Road Kirtlington
Received 1 Oct 2021OS Parcel 5700 South West Of Grange Farm Chesterton
Received 4 Apr 2025Land South Of Mercedes And West Of Toyota Dealership Langford Lane Kidlington
Received 21 May 2021Manor Farm House Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DP
Received 17 Nov 20214 Brenda Close Banbury OX16 9NA
Received 19 Dec 2022Malthouse Farm North Aston Road Duns Tew OX25 6JG
Received 5 Nov 20241 Church Cottages Stoke Lyne Road Stratton Audley Oxfordshire OX27 9AQ
Received 30 Jun 20222 Gibson Drive Heyford Park Oxfordshire OX25 5TJ
Received 23 May 2022Londis 2-6 Bradley Arcade Bretch Hill Banbury OX16 0LS
Received 26 Oct 2023OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Bodicote
Received 20 Jul 2023St Edburgs Church Church Street Bicester OX26 6AY
Received 10 Jun 2024Manor House Main Street Mollington OX17 1BB
Received 23 Dec 2022Old Bank House 174B Broughton Road Banbury OX16 9QQ
Received 3 Oct 202331 Blackwell Drive Banbury OX16 9PF
Received 21 May 2026Records 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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