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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.
14,152 approved · 1,486 refused · 693 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
175 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AE
Received 13 Jun 2025Bramley House Thorpe Road Wardington OX17 1SR
Received 9 Dec 202245 Hightown Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9BE
Received 2 Aug 2022Premier Aggregates Finmere Quarry Banbury Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AJ
Received 18 Aug 202295 Kestrel Way Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6XZ
Received 11 Apr 20221 Church Terrace Church Street Bicester OX26 6BA
Received 9 Nov 20212 Mackenzie Close Bicester OX26 2XZ
Received 21 Aug 2020Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 7 May 2024Land North West Of Lessor Grange Milcombe OX15 4RT
Received 27 Apr 2023The Cottage Goose Green Deddington OX15 0SZ
Received 6 Jun 202437 Kingfisher Drive Banbury OX16 9YE
Received 12 Oct 2022Lower Lodge Williamscot Oxfordshire OX17 1AE
Received 28 Jan 202626 Thames Avenue Bicester OX26 2LX
Received 28 Oct 2025Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 7 Nov 202413 Firtree Close Banbury OX16 1JS
Received 30 Sept 2021Hunters Brook 93 Cassington Road Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1QB
Received 13 Apr 20227 Bernard Close Yarnton OX5 1QP
Received 28 Jun 2022Unit 3D Apollo Office Park Ironstone Lane Wroxton OX15 6AY
Received 22 Jan 2025Street Record Tramway Road Banbury
Received 26 Mar 202642 Grimsbury Square Banbury OX16 3HP
Received 15 Dec 202034 Williams Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5AX
Received 26 Oct 202320 Pipits Croft Bicester OX26 6XW
Received 20 Mar 2024Street Record Church Lane Adderbury
Received 28 Oct 2024O2 Proposed Base Station Lodge Farm Bicester Road Chesterton OX26 1XA
Received 30 Jun 2021Records 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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