Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
13,672 approved · 1,432 refused · 672 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BB
Received 26 Oct 2023Land Rear Of Deerfields Farm Canal Lane Bodicote
Received 1 Sept 20264 Heather Road Bicester OX26 3YR
Received 17 Jun 2024Stickleys House Main Street Sibford Gower OX15 5RT
Received 15 Jul 202130 Blossom Field Road Bodicote Banbury OX15 4SY
Received 27 Jan 2025The Old Surgery East End Hook Norton OX15 5LF
Received 8 Oct 2020Belvedere Barford Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4EZ
Received 4 Apr 202212 Lower Close Bodicote OX15 4DZ
Received 16 Feb 2021Lark Rise Mere Road Finmere MK18 4AW
Received 12 Oct 2020*Various locations* Shenington
Received 19 Dec 2022The Tythe Barn Charbridge Lane Bicester OX26 4SR
Received 18 Aug 2022Land Adj To Bicester Road And South West Of Avonbury Business Park Howes Lane Bicester
Received 20 Nov 2025Bicester Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX27 8AL
Received 17 Jun 2024Ragnell Barn Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6FD
Received 28 Feb 2024Thorpe House Lampitts Green Wroxton OX15 6QH
Received 9 Dec 2025Pure Barn Oxford Road Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0AG
Received 19 Aug 20252 Mill Close Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UE
Received 28 Sept 202320 Fernhill Close Kidlington OX5 1BB
Received 23 Oct 2020122 Rutten Lane Yarnton OX5 1LS
Received 22 Jan 2021Springfields 24 Station Road Cropredy OX17 1PP
Received 28 Jun 2021OS Parcels 4083 And 6882 Adjoining And North Of Broken Furrow Warwick Road Banbury
Received 29 May 2026Woodlands Hornbeam Close Banbury OX16 9RL
Received 25 Aug 2023Oak View Bloxham Road Milcombe Oxfordshire OX15 4HU
Received 26 Apr 2023The Well House Wigginton Road Swerford Oxfordshire OX7 4BW
Received 22 Dec 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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