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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.
13,609 approved · 1,425 refused · 665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Granary Oriel Farm The Green Shenington OX15 6NE
Received 22 Aug 2025Stable Lodge Middleton Stoney House Oxford Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4TE
Received 12 Nov 2021Mallows Hopcraft Lane Deddington Banbury OX15 0TD
Received 11 May 202312-14 Sheep Street Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6TB
Received 21 Jul 2026Coldharbour Farm Street Through Cottisford Cottisford Brackley NN13 5RN
Received 19 Jan 2026Staithe Cottage South Side Steeple Aston OX25 4RT
Received 23 Nov 2020Street Record Causeway Bletchingdon
Received 3 May 2023Cornfield 3 Buckingham Road Newton Purcell MK18 4AZ
Received 12 Jun 202336 Spencer Avenue Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1NQ
Received 15 Oct 2025Hillside Cottage Stratford Road Drayton Oxfordshire OX15 6EN
Received 3 May 2022High Barn 4 Field Court Duns Tew Oxfordshire OX25 6LD
Received 19 Feb 2024The Thatched Cottage Barford Road South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JN
Received 2 Mar 202631 Woodfield Road Bicester OX26 3HW
Received 2 Aug 2021Thames Water Sewage Treatment Works Main Street Hanwell Banbury OX17 1HL
Received 23 Feb 202412 Kidlington Road Islip Kidlington OX5 2ST
Received 21 May 2024The Mullions High Street Souldern OX27 7JN
Received 30 Jul 2021Stratton Audley Hall Bicester Road Stratton Audley Bicester OX27 9BS
Received 22 Sept 2025Birchwood House Pages Lane Hornton Oxfordshire OX15 6BX
Received 28 Jul 2025Reapers Cottage 15 High Street Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BX
Received 3 Dec 202420 North Street Fritwell OX27 7QL
Received 6 Dec 2021Peoples Park Warwick Road Banbury
Received 20 Jan 2026Old Rectory Bicester Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DP
Received 26 Mar 2025Buckinghams Cottage Church Street Barford St Michael OX15 0UA
Received 25 Jul 2022Rickfield Farm Station Road Milcombe OX15 4RS
Received 25 Oct 2021Records 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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