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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.
13,933 approved · 1,471 refused · 686 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nellie & Dove The Tchure Deddington OX15 0UB
Received 18 Dec 20201 Orchid Close Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 3WT
Received 1 Jul 202211 Turnstone Green Bicester OX26 6TT
Received 15 Jul 202581 South Avenue Kidlington OX5 1DQ
Received 4 Jun 2024Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Addison Road Banbury OX16 9DQ
Received 4 Aug 20217 Tayberry Close Bicester OX27 8AU
Received 5 Apr 2022Laburnum Brick Hill Hook Norton OX15 5QA
Received 1 Jul 20269 & 10 Banesberie Close Banbury OX16 1YH
Received 6 Nov 2020Peverel Retirement Saxon Court Wessex Way Bicester OX26 6AX
Received 29 Aug 2024Land Sw Of Beecham Cottages Cropredy Lawn Road Cropredy OX17 1DR
Received 1 Feb 202193 Songthrush Road Banbury OX15 4GL
Received 25 Mar 202389 Oxford Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2NP
Received 27 Jul 202638 Shearwater Drive Bicester OX26 6YS
Received 22 Jul 2024The Foscote Clinic 2 Foscote Rise Banbury OX16 9XP
Received 18 Oct 2023Greenhill Court Windmill Close Banbury
Received 28 Apr 20211 Station Road Launton OX26 5DS
Received 18 Nov 2024Glebe Cottage 5 Market Square Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5NY
Received 16 Nov 2022Linton Cottage 49 Freehold Street Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5NT
Received 21 May 2024Killowen House South Newington Road Bloxham OX15 4QF
Received 6 Oct 20211 Heath Close Milcombe OX15 4RZ
Received 15 Mar 2021Gothic Cottage Oxford Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3NF
Received 28 Jan 2026Southfield Farm House North Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3RG
Received 16 Feb 2026Scrapyard Bunkers Hill Shipton On Cherwell OX5 3BA
Received 9 Jun 202617 East Street Fritwell OX27 7PX
Received 12 Oct 2020Records 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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