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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.
13,342 approved · 1,401 refused · 653 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heyford Park Phase B1 Camp Road Upper Heyford
Received 19 Sept 20256 Chestnut Close Launton Oxfordshire OX26 5DE
Received 10 Aug 20221 Lodge Close Bicester OX26 3TE
Received 14 Dec 2020Tithings House 6 The Tithings Swalcliffe Oxfordshire OX15 5DR
Received 23 Sept 202419 Lingfield Road Bicester OX26 1DP
Received 18 Feb 2021Photovoltaic Installation And Premises Woodstock Road Yarnton Oxford OX5 1PQ
Received 21 Aug 2023Oakcroft Farm Piddington Aylesbury HP18 9UY
Received 30 Jul 2025Flights Mill Mill Lane Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HW
Received 14 Jun 2024Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 21 Feb 2025Stoke Wood House Stoke Lyne Bicester OX27 8RS
Received 25 Jun 202519 Broad Close Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0RW
Received 7 May 202616 Valley Road Finmere MK18 4BG
Received 30 Mar 2021Manor Farm Somerton Road Ardley OX27 7NS
Received 4 Jun 2026Foxtownsend Lodge South Heyford Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HS
Received 23 Jan 2023Ground Floor Right The Hub Twyford Mill Oxford Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3SX
Received 19 Jan 2024Fieldgate Manor Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3EL
Received 1 Sept 2025Sites B C D And E MOD Bicester Murcott Road Upper Arncott
Received 8 Jan 2024The Cottage Kenhill Road Shenington Oxfordshire OX15 6NQ
Received 23 May 20234 Sycamore Gardens Bicester OX26 3XS
Received 15 Jul 2024Gosford House Bicester Road Gosford Oxfordshire OX5 2PX
Received 14 Feb 2022The Laurels Parts Of OS Parcels 1125 And 1621 North And East Of Home Farm Close Ambrosden
Received 11 Oct 2022Tadmarton Grange Main Street Upper Tadmarton Oxfordshire OX15 5TB
Received 19 May 20257 Lock Crescent Kidlington OX5 1HD
Received 3 Jul 20257 Larsen Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5TA
Received 5 Feb 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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