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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.
14,060 approved · 1,480 refused · 690 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Street Record Woodstock Road Yarnton
Received 28 Nov 20226 Orchard Way Bicester OX26 2EJ
Received 1 Sept 202529 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE
Received 4 May 2022Land East Of The Leys Adderbury
Received 8 Nov 202122 Western Crescent Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9BX
Received 23 Jun 2026Land adjacent to the A422 Land parcel CFA_15_06,
Received 20 Dec 2023The Nook The Green Barford St Michael OX15 0RN
Received 27 Nov 20233 Butler Close Bloxham OX15 4PL
Received 30 Apr 2021Mayford Brick Hill Hook Norton OX15 5QA
Received 24 Mar 202159 Medina Gardens Bicester OX26 2TR
Received 15 Apr 2021OS Parcel 1100 Adjoining Road And County Boundary North Of Dismantled Railway Boddington Road Claydon
Received 23 Feb 202422 Barn Close Kidlington OX5 1SW
Received 17 Aug 2021Hornton House Chapel Street Bloxham OX15 4NB
Received 28 Feb 2023Land North Of Bicester Avenue Garden Centre Oxford Road Bicester
Received 23 Aug 2023Goggs Hill Little Green Bloxham OX15 4QB
Received 26 Apr 2022Uphill Church Lane Mollington Oxfordshire OX17 1AZ
Received 30 Oct 2023Formerley Varney's Garage Quarry Road Hornton Banbury OX15 6DF
Received 21 Sept 202262 Almond Avenue Kidlington OX5 1EW
Received 22 Aug 20235 Spindlers Kidlington OX5 2YP
Received 8 Nov 2022Orange Telecommunications Mast OXf0137 Poplars Farm Claydon Road Cropredy OX17 1JP
Received 1 Aug 2022Plummers 8 Hopcraft Lane Deddington Banbury OX15 0TD
Received 18 Jan 2023The Old Manor 9 Station Road Cropredy Oxfordshire OX17 1PS
Received 26 May 2026Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Addison Road Banbury OX16 9DQ
Received 27 Jun 2022Beyond The Pond Oddington Oxfordshire OX5 2RA
Received 22 Jul 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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