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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.
13,983 approved · 1,474 refused · 686 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corble Farm Street To Corble Farm Piddington HP18 9XB
Received 17 Feb 2021126 Churchill Road Bicester OX26 4XD
Received 29 Jan 2021Field At Hook Norton Brewery Brewery Lane Hook Norton
Received 26 Feb 2025Phase 5D; Phase 8C; and Trenchard Circle Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 18 Jan 2021Top Barn Farm Sibford Gower Oxfordshire OX15 5BW
Received 25 Sept 2025Inchcape House, Inchcape Mercedes Benz And Toyota Langford Lane Kidlington OX5 1HT
Received 23 Nov 2021Anitas Touring Caravan Park The Yews Southam Road Mollington Oxfordshire OX17 1AZ
Received 18 Jun 2025Lower Lodge Williamscot OX17 1AE
Received 23 Apr 2026116 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EF
Received 22 Nov 202417 Dunnock Road Banbury OX15 4FX
Received 6 Dec 2022Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1HJ
Received 30 Aug 2022Mill Barn Tadmarton Heath Road Hook Norton OX15 5BZ
Received 14 Sept 2021Land North Of Deddington Highways Maintenance Depot Banbury Road Deddington
Received 29 Apr 2024High Fields Rattlecombe Road Shenington OX15 6LZ
Received 28 Jan 2021Part OS Parcel 0066 South Of County Council Boundary And Adjoining To The East Of Southam Southam Road Mollington
Received 10 Jan 2024The George And Dragon 15 East Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7PX
Received 18 Aug 2020Former Rodney House Private Drive Off Graven Hill Road Ambrosden
Received 1 Sept 2025Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 13 Jun 2024Lodge Cottage Wykham Lane Broughton Oxfordshire OX15 5DS
Received 26 Feb 2026Backwater Bakers Lane Swalcliffe Banbury Oxon OX15 5EN
Received 1 Jun 2021OS Parcel 6372 South East Of Milestone Farm Broughton Road Banbury
Received 19 Jun 20233 Elm Close Bicester OX26 3XR
Received 20 Jul 2020OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Bodicote
Received 28 Jun 2021Edgehill Quarry Edgehill Banbury OX15 6DH Outside Of Area Outside Of Area Oxfordshire
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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