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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.
14,419 approved · 1,514 refused · 714 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ferris Cottage Main Street Sibford Ferris OX15 5RG
Received 27 Aug 2024The Ley Community Sandy Lane Yarnton
Received 6 Oct 2022TMUK And 3 Telecommunications Mast 71299 London Road Bicester OX26 6JH
Received 3 Jul 2020Bloxham Grove Academy Banbury Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4UL
Received 28 Nov 2023Former Piggery And Land North Of Woodstock Road Yarnton
Received 24 Nov 2023Fanville Head Farm Cottage Chipping Norton Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5BS
Received 22 May 20268 Margaret Road Twyford OX17 3JE
Received 9 Feb 2021Parts Of OS Parcels 1125 And 1621 North And East Of Home Farm Close Ambrosden
Received 26 Feb 2021Unit 4 Plot 9C Thorpe Close Banbury OX16 4SW
Received 27 Jan 2025Block F Graven Hill Bicester
Received 19 Jul 2021East End Farmhouse East End Hook Norton OX15 5LG
Received 17 Nov 2020Land North Of The Green And Adj To Oak Farm Drive Milcombe
Received 21 Sept 2021Glebe Barn Stratford Road A422 Drayton Banbury OX15 6EG
Received 8 Feb 202342 Waller Drive Banbury OX16 9NR
Received 28 Mar 20258 Wenlock Drive Bicester OX26 1FY
Received 31 Jan 2022Finmere Quarry Banbury Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AJ
Received 17 Feb 2021Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park OX25 5HD
Received 16 Aug 2021Begbroke Science Park Begbroke Hill Begbroke Oxfordshire OX5 1PF
Received 2 Mar 202240 Church View Banbury OX16 9NB
Received 24 Feb 2023The Old Dairy High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
Received 9 Apr 202410 Chestnut Close Chesterton Oxfordshire OX26 1XD
Received 16 Nov 2023Tysul House 3 Church Terrace Church Street Bicester OX26 6BA
Received 17 Oct 2023112 Evans Lane Kidlington OX5 2JB
Received 4 Jan 202149 Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AH
Received 28 Apr 2022Records 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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