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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.
14,450 approved · 1,516 refused · 715 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Premier Aggregates Finmere Quarry Banbury Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AJ
Received 12 Jan 2023OS Parcels 6741 And 5426 West Cricket Field North Wykham Lane Bodicote
Received 30 Jan 2023Land At Dymocks Farm Buckingham Road Bicester
Received 6 Oct 2021Colin Sanders Innovation Centre Mewburn Road Banbury OX16 9PA
Received 8 May 2025Cassington Pit Cassington Road Yarnton
Received 13 Sept 202424 Buckhurst Close Banbury OX16 1JT
Received 15 Jan 2024Swallow Barn Park Farm Merton Road Ambrosden OX25 2LX
Received 24 Dec 2020Grove Lodge High Street Deddington OX15 0SL
Received 25 Apr 2022The Dower Lodge Main Street Hethe Oxfordshire OX27 8ES
Received 5 May 2026Kidlington Garage 1 Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LA
Received 11 Mar 2026Exeter House 40 Crown Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1AG
Received 14 Jul 2022Friends Meeting House Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Received 15 Nov 2022Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 20 Jun 2024Millstone Bells Lane Hook Norton OX15 5LJ
Received 22 Oct 20204 Wykham Gardens Banbury OX16 9LF
Received 12 Feb 2024Land West Of Cuckoo Lane And Adjacent To A40 Eynsham OX29 4PU
Received 25 Feb 20216 South Street Banbury OX16 3LB
Received 10 Sept 2025The Manor House Milton Village Street Milton Oxfordshire OX15 4HH
Received 12 Oct 2023Wincote Cow Lane Steeple Aston OX25 4SG
Received 8 Jul 2021Home Farm House Church Lane Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3QS
Received 6 Sept 202424 Street Through Merton Merton Bicester OX25 2NJ
Received 31 Jul 2024Lampet House Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SG
Received 15 Aug 2022Merton Croft West End Lane Merton Bicester OX25 2NG
Received 18 Nov 202219 High Street Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BX
Received 21 Apr 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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