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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.
13,872 approved · 1,461 refused · 679 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1HJ
Received 4 Aug 202212 Jerome Way Shipton On Cherwell Oxfordshire OX5 1JT
Received 22 Apr 20221 Lovage View Bicester OX27 8BJ
Received 28 Oct 2024Beehive Cottage High Street Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3LS
Received 9 Sept 2024Land Adjacent To Malthouse Farm North Aston Road Duns Tew OX25 6JG
Received 10 May 2021Rose Bank Church Lane Mollington OX17 1AZ
Received 17 Dec 2024Land Adjacent to Symmetry Park Morrell Way Bicester OX26 6GF
Received 14 Jul 20258 Cheshire Drive Heyford Park OX25 5TQ
Received 19 Sept 2025Orange Telecommunications Mast OXF0087 Bicester Road Fringford
Received 8 Jan 202541 West Street Banbury OX16 3HA
Received 28 Sept 2020Ban15 Land Adj M40 J11 And West Of Daventry Road Banbury
Received 13 Jun 2024The Steps Main Street Wroxton OX15 6PT
Received 30 Mar 202225 Oxford Road Hampton Poyle OX5 2QB
Received 28 Apr 2026Well Stone 3 Church Street Wroxton OX15 6QE
Received 26 Jan 2021Pophleys Banbury Road Bloxham OX15 4PB
Received 2 Oct 202695 Courtington Lane Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4HS
Received 3 Feb 2026Hall Farm 30 Spring Hill Road Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1RX
Received 3 Aug 202621 Fortescue Drive Chesterton OX26 1UT
Received 29 May 2025Mcdonalds Street To Baynards Green Farm Baynards Green OX27 7SG
Received 10 Dec 2021Swere Villa Lower Street Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0RH
Received 1 Jun 202312 Manor Close Great Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1RA
Received 23 Mar 2023Street Record Waterloo Drive Banbury
Received 2 May 2023The Laurels 2 Bean Acre Road Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5UA
Received 5 Dec 2022Rose Dene New Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0SS
Received 2 Dec 2022Records 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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