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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.
14,544 approved · 1,523 refused · 724 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Os Parcel 9366 Adjoining And West Of Vermont Northampton Road Weston On The Green
Received 22 Aug 2023Unit D1 Graven Hill Circular Road Ambrosden
Received 4 Aug 2022Land Adj To Promised Land Farm Wendlebury Road Chesterton
Received 20 Apr 2023Nobbys Cottage High Street South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JN
Received 18 Dec 2024Unit 8 4B Oxford Technology Park Technology Drive Kidlington OX5 1GN
Received 8 Dec 2023Tryad House High Street Adderbury OX17 3LS
Received 22 Oct 2025Orchard House Main Street Sibford Ferris OX15 5RG
Received 21 Mar 2024182 Warwick Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2AP
Received 10 Jan 2025Summer Court North Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3RG
Received 30 Apr 2025Land North East Of Fringford Study Centre Adjoining Rectory Lane Fringford
Received 4 Apr 20223 New Manor House South Side Steeple Aston Oxfordshire OX25 4RR
Received 26 Jan 2026110 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1DZ
Received 16 Oct 2023Alkerton Stone Quarry Street From Alkerton Heading East To Stratford Road Alkerton
Received 11 Jul 2024Holly Tree Club Horse Fair Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0SH
Received 22 May 2023Grimsbury Manor Grimsbury Green Banbury OX16 3JF
Received 17 Dec 202110 Burns Road Banbury OX16 9QT
Received 30 Oct 2020The Barn Somerton Road Upper Heyford OX25 5LB
Received 24 Mar 2021New College House Alchester Road Chesterton OX26 1UN
Received 1 Jul 202511 Read Place Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2BH
Received 20 Apr 2021Acacia Cottage South Side Steeple Aston Oxfordshire OX25 4RT
Received 15 May 202629 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AH
Received 8 May 2026The Old Barn Manor Farm Barns Heyford Road Somerton Bicester OX25 6LW
Received 28 Jan 2022Land North Of A4421 Bicester Road Fringford
Received 8 Aug 2024Yarnton Manor Church Lane Yarnton OX5 1PY
Received 19 Jul 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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