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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.
14,219 approved · 1,490 refused · 699 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 13 Jun 2024Aldi Stores Ltd Ruscote Avenue Banbury OX16 2GU
Received 26 May 2021Manor House Main Street Mollington OX17 1BB
Received 11 Mar 2021The Tudor Cottage 144 Woodstock Road Yarnton OX5 1PW
Received 5 Nov 2024Bicester Vets The Veterinary Surgery Victoria Road Bicester OX26 6PJ
Received 28 Apr 2023Rectory Farm Back Lane Epwell Oxfordshire OX15 6LG
Received 9 Mar 2022Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick Oxfordshire OX27 8SS
Received 12 Aug 2022Northfield Farmhouse Water Eaton Lane Gosford Kidlington OX5 2PU
Received 8 Aug 2023Ruperts Cottage Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3QL
Received 8 Sept 2025Land North of Merton Road Ambrosden
Received 14 Sept 2022Inkerman House Somerton Road Souldern OX27 7HS
Received 11 Jul 2023The Little House Clifton Road Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TP
Received 20 Oct 2023Little Hollow Middle Lane Balscote OX15 6JP
Received 7 May 2025Land To The Rear And South West Of 3 Hardwick Cottages Adjoining Oxford Canal And Southam Road Banbury
Received 22 Feb 2022Willowbank Roundbottom Cropredy OX17 1PG
Received 16 Sept 2026Laurel House Bull Ring Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TT
Received 15 Mar 2022Proposed Primary School Ludlow Road Bicester OX26 1DN
Received 27 Sept 2023Depot Station Road Blackthorn OX25 1TA
Received 20 Jun 202333 Wykham Lane Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BW
Received 28 Oct 2024Land East Of Banbury Road Ditch And North Of Earls Lane Deddington
Received 1 Sept 202653 Brasenose Drive Kidlington OX5 2EQ
Received 9 Jan 2023Deejay Farm Chestnut Road Mollington OX17 1BG
Received 2 Nov 202315 Parsons Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5LY
Received 11 Apr 2022High Beech 8 Vicarage Gardens Cropredy OX17 1PJ
Received 30 Mar 2026Records 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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