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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.
13,201 approved · 1,393 refused · 646 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Hazeldene Gardens Banbury OX16 9YL
Received 2 Feb 20265 Shelley Close Banbury OX16 9JY
Received 11 Jul 2025The Straw Barn Station Road Cropredy Oxfordshire OX17 1PX
Received 8 Jan 2026The Gate Cottage Brashfield House Buckingham Road Caversfield Bicester OX27 8RE
Received 14 Feb 2022Middleton Stoney House, Stable Lodge Oxford Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4TE
Received 3 Dec 202124 Victoria Court Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6GD
Received 3 Feb 2022Pentland Kidlington Road Islip OX5 2SS
Received 7 Jun 202118 Spring Hill Road Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1RX
Received 7 Sept 2022Land To The East Of Claydon Road Cropredy
Received 12 Dec 2025Charian Cottage Church Street Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6QE
Received 25 Jan 20235 Shelley Close Banbury OX16 9JY
Received 13 Jul 202615 Lake Walk Adderbury OX17 3PF
Received 20 Apr 2021166 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AD
Received 24 Aug 2021Pine Trees Berry Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3HF
Received 18 Jan 20221 The Close Epwell Oxfordshire OX15 6LE
Received 26 Mar 2025Pear Tree Cottage Main Street North Newington Banbury OX15 6AJ
Received 21 Feb 2023Wardington Manor Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SW
Received 26 Feb 202453 Wesley Drive Banbury OX16 9LT
Received 25 Oct 2022Hall Farm Main Street Fringford Bicester OX27 8DP
Received 2 Jan 2024170 Oxford Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1EA
Received 28 Jul 2026Finmere Landfill Site Banbury Road Finmere
Received 26 Jul 2024West House Bicester Road Stratton Audley OX27 9BP
Received 23 Jun 2022Mymms Cottage Weston Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DH
Received 21 May 202118 Boxhedge Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0BP
Received 3 Apr 2023Records 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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