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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.
14,077 approved · 1,480 refused · 690 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New Cottage Chapel Lane Milton Banbury OX15 4HH
Received 3 May 2023High Walls Steeple Close Bloxham OX15 4ND
Received 22 Oct 2025The Bothy Brashfield House Buckingham Road Caversfield OX27 8RE
Received 27 Jul 2020Great Wolf Lodge Oxfordshire Kirtlington Road Chesterton OX26 1TE
Received 14 Jun 202347 Gillett Road Banbury OX16 0DR
Received 6 Oct 2021The Manor House Main Street North Newington Oxfordshire OX15 6AF
Received 22 Oct 20241 St Johns Way Hempton OX15 0QR
Received 1 Oct 2021Premier Aggregates Finmere Quarry Banbury Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AJ
Received 23 Feb 202239-40A 40A High Street and 1 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 5ET
Received 19 Oct 2021Barn Cottage Paines Hill Steeple Aston OX25 4SQ
Received 31 Aug 20243 Adderbury Park Adderbury Banbury OX17 3EN
Received 29 Sept 202255 Merton Way Yarnton OX5 1NW
Received 1 Dec 2020Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick Oxfordshire OX27 8SS
Received 15 Aug 2022Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 29 Nov 2022The Stables College Farm Main Street Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PR
Received 23 Jun 2021Goutherns House School Lane North Newington OX15 6AQ
Received 24 Mar 2026Land South West Of Bicester Adjoining Oxford Road And Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 18 Apr 2023Land North West At Himley Farm Bungalow Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 19 Jul 202214 Deene Close Adderbury OX17 3LD
Received 17 Nov 2025*Various locations* Claydon
Received 3 Feb 2023104 Causeway Banbury
Received 1 Feb 2024Various in Banbury
Received 2 Jun 2026The Old Red Lion Main Street Upper Tadmarton Oxfordshire OX15 5SJ
Received 26 Mar 2024Weston On The Green Memorial Hall Mill Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3QR
Received 5 Jul 2024Records 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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