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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.
14,182 approved · 1,488 refused · 695 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent 83 And 85 Part Of Car Park Sheep Street Bicester
Received 30 Mar 2026Upton Court 19A Crouch Street Banbury
Received 15 May 2023Ash Grove House West End Launton Bicester OX26 5DF
Received 16 Jul 20207 Spindlers Kidlington OX5 2YP
Received 21 Jun 2021Shepherds Cottage Church Road Ardley Bicester OX27 7NP
Received 7 Jul 202325 - 27 West Bar Street Banbury OX16 9SA
Received 1 Jul 2020West End Farm West End Lane Merton Bicester OX25 2NG
Received 24 Apr 2024St Josephs High Street Souldern Bicester OX27 7LA
Received 1 Jul 2024Rectory Farm Barn High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UG
Received 12 Dec 2022The Old House Stratford Road A422 Drayton Banbury OX15 6EG
Received 17 Apr 2023Proposed agricultural building Hawkes Lane Sibford Gower
Received 28 Sept 2026The Mount High Street Adderbury OX17 3LU
Received 14 Sept 20215 Bignell View Chesterton OX26 1UJ
Received 27 Sept 20217 Lower Close Bodicote Banbury OX15 4DZ
Received 30 Aug 2024The Old Surgery East End Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5LF
Received 27 Nov 2025Great Thatch Cottage Main Street Hanwell OX17 1HN
Received 21 Jun 2021Vodafone Telecommunications Mast Land South West Of Musketeer PH Adjacent To Ruscote Avenue Banbury OX16 2NZ
Received 5 Jul 2021Land On The North Side Of Nell Bridge House Aynho Road Adderbury
Received 1 Dec 2021Land at 5A Hightown Leyes Banbury OX16 9NP
Received 24 Jan 2023Local Centre Western Parcel Longford Park Road Banbury OX15 4GL
Received 28 Apr 2026Manor Farm Hampton Gay Village Street Hampton Gay Kidlington OX5 2QH
Received 7 Nov 2023Crooked Thatch East End Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LG
Received 22 Apr 2022Wardour House Wroxton Lane Horley Oxfordshire OX15 6BD
Received 13 Jun 2022Quincotts Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DP
Received 22 Nov 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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