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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.
13,914 approved · 1,466 refused · 684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Redrow Development Saltway OS Parcels 1200 3100 2000 1981 South Of Salt Way Bloxham Road Banbury
Received 12 Oct 202213 Trinity Close Banbury OX16 0UA
Received 15 Apr 2026Old Corner House Market Place Deddington Banbury OX15 0SF
Received 9 Jun 2023The Chestnuts Main Street Mollington Oxfordshire OX17 1BQ
Received 19 Apr 2022Stratfield Farm 374 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1DL
Received 14 Jun 2022Part Of G Site HQ Bicester Garrison Palmer Avenue Lower Arncott
Received 29 Mar 2022Banbury and District Canoe Club Cropredy Wharf Cropredy Banbury OX17 1PG
Received 14 Apr 202120 Almond Road Bicester OX26 2HT
Received 4 Dec 2023Cruck Cottage Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3QH
Received 24 Mar 2026Wits End The Green Launton OX26 5EF
Received 7 Oct 2020Barchester Glebefields Stratford Road A422 Drayton OX15 6EH
Received 20 May 20258 Vera Wood Close Adderbury OX17 3FX
Received 22 Nov 2021Dairy Cottage The Old Farmyard High Street South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JW
Received 7 Feb 2024277 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2PD
Received 16 Apr 2024Kirtlington Park House Kirtlington Park Kirtlington OX5 3JN
Received 23 Jun 2022Fritwell Village Hall Fewcott Road Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QA
Received 21 Dec 2022Williams Cottage North Lane Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3RG
Received 5 Dec 2023The Banbury House Hotel 23-31 Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AH
Received 14 Feb 202453 Brasenose Drive Kidlington OX5 2EQ
Received 9 Dec 2024Yarnton Manor Church Lane Yarnton Oxfordshire OX5 1PY
Received 23 May 2022High View Hornton Lane Horley OX15 6BL
Received 27 Jun 2022Silverdale Weeping Cross Bodicote OX15 4ED
Received 6 Dec 2024Diagnexia UK Ltd Building B Langford Locks Kidlington OX5 1LH
Received 4 Mar 20243A Hightown Leyes Banbury OX16 9NP
Received 30 Mar 2026Records 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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