Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
14,174 approved · 1,487 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
136 Roman Way Bicester OX26 6FL
Received 5 Apr 202350 South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AB
Received 30 Jul 2021Riverbank Cottage Collice Street Islip OX5 2TB
Received 10 Jun 202624 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6TB
Received 26 Feb 202522 East Street Banbury OX16 3LL
Received 16 Jul 2024Graven Hill Bicester Wetland Nature Reserve Oxford Road Bicester
Received 16 Apr 2021Northfield Farm Water Eaton Lane Gosford Kidlington OX5 2PU
Received 12 Feb 2026Grey Roofs Kings Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4QE
Received 19 May 2023Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick OX27 8SS
Received 3 Dec 2021Ithaca Hopcraft Lane Deddington OX15 0TD
Received 8 Feb 202421 Kyetts Corner Cropredy OX17 1JW
Received 12 Oct 2020Fairleigh Dickinson University Wroxton College Street From Church Street To College Wroxton OX15 6PX
Received 6 Jun 2024The Manor Barn Manor Road Great Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1QT
Received 16 Jan 2025Home Farm House Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DP
Received 11 Apr 2023OS Parcel 2362 Adjoining And East Of Bloxham Road Banbury
Received 20 Mar 2024Souldern Court High Street Souldern OX27 7JH
Received 23 Mar 2026Pennyfarthing Bells Lane Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LJ
Received 20 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To The Oxford Canal Spiceball Park Road Banbury
Received 12 Apr 202169 East Street Fritwell Oxfordshire OX27 7QF
Received 29 Sept 2026Home Farm House Manor Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3EL
Received 31 May 2022Pertemps 6 Manor Park Banbury OX16 3TB
Received 5 Feb 202637 Buckingham Road Bicester OX26 2NU
Received 30 Sept 202156 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TL
Received 1 Jun 2021Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick Bicester OX27 8SS
Received 13 Jul 2023Records 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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