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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.
14,472 approved · 1,519 refused · 717 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knapp House The Green Shenington Oxfordshire OX15 6NE
Received 23 Jul 2025HM Prison Bullingdon Patrick Haugh Road Upper Arncott Oxfordshire OX25 1PZ
Received 5 Mar 2026137-153 The Fairway Banbury OX16 0QZ
Received 22 Nov 20212 High Street Banbury OX16 5DZ
Received 7 Feb 20243 Merrivales Lane Bloxham Banbury OX15 4ER
Received 14 Feb 2024Tinkle Cottage The Green Adderbury OX17 3NG
Received 1 Mar 2024Park Farm Akeman Street Kirtlington OX5 3JQ
Received 13 Apr 2023Stonehaven Church Street Bodicote Banbury OX15 4DW
Received 29 Mar 2023Barclays 36 Market Square Bicester OX26 6AQ
Received 2 Nov 2023Beechcroft Burycroft Road Hook Norton OX15 5PW
Received 19 Mar 2026Highway House Park Road Hook Norton OX15 5LR
Received 24 Dec 2021Wendlebury Village Hall Main Street Wendlebury OX25 2PS
Received 20 Jul 2020Part Land South West Of Bicester Golf And Country Club Adjacent To M40 And Akeman Street Chesterton
Received 9 May 2022261 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2PD
Received 6 Mar 20232-8 Chadwick Place Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2BG
Received 2 Jul 2021Sibford Park Colony Road Sibford Gower Oxfordshire OX15 5RY
Received 4 Feb 2026Unit 2B The Hampden Building High Street Kidlington OX5 2FN
Received 28 Oct 2021Deddington Manor New Street Deddington Banbury OX15 0SS
Received 14 Sept 2022Bishops Lodge Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE
Received 8 Nov 2024The Berries West End Hornton OX15 6DA
Received 16 Aug 202335 Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AH
Received 1 Mar 2022The Forge Middle Hill Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5PL
Received 21 Dec 202149 Fergusson Road Banbury OX16 3HH
Received 14 Sept 2020Launde House Crossing Lane Claydon Oxfordshire OX17 1EX
Received 11 Sept 2024Records 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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