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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.
13,246 approved · 1,398 refused · 649 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Adj To Salt Way And West Of Bloxham Road Banbury
Received 28 Dec 2022Graven Hill Circular Road Ambrosden
Received 25 Mar 2025Ladbrokes 33-34 Parsons Street Banbury OX16 5NA
Received 11 Sept 202423 Arbury Close Banbury OX16 9TE
Received 17 Nov 2020Rosemary Cottage Somerton Road North Aston Oxfordshire OX25 6HX
Received 20 Dec 2024Mullinahogie Well Lane Alkerton OX15 6NL
Received 4 May 2021172 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AD
Received 26 Apr 2022Phase 2 Balmoral Avenue Banbury
Received 14 Oct 2025113 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AQ
Received 16 Mar 20223 Prestidge Place Kidlington OX5 2XR
Received 19 Aug 202595 Isis Avenue Bicester OX26 2GR
Received 15 Apr 2024Unit 5 Charles Shouler Way Bicester OX25 2DS
Received 5 Jan 2023The Old Byre Fir Tree Farm Northampton Road Weston On The Green OX25 3QL
Received 7 Mar 2023Iceland 12-14 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6TB
Received 10 Jun 202521 Rowan Road Bicester OX26 2HN
Received 18 Mar 2025Woodbine Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Received 1 Apr 2025Badgers Main Street Wroxton OX15 6PT
Received 24 Nov 2025Land South West Of Quarry House Noke
Received 12 May 202535 Woodfield Road Bicester OX26 3HW
Received 4 Apr 2023Land North Of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot Banbury Road Deddington
Received 6 Oct 2025The Crooked Cottage East End Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LG
Received 30 May 20225 St Peters Close South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JL
Received 5 Oct 2023Castle End House Castle Street Deddington OX15 0TE
Received 16 Aug 2021Building 131 Bicester Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester OX27 8AL
Received 30 Sept 2024Records 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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