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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.
14,756 approved · 1,542 refused · 734 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wishing Well Barn Merton Road Ambrosden OX25 2LZ
Received 7 Jun 2022OS Parcel 4300 North Of Shortlands And South Of High Rock Hook Norton Road Sibford Ferris
Received 13 Feb 2024Hill View Cottage Barn School Lane Wigginton OX15 4JX
Received 24 Aug 202227 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AE
Received 22 May 2023OS Parcel 5700 South West Of Grange Farm Street Through Little Chesterton Chesterton
Received 2 Apr 20251 Wisbech Road Bicester OX26 1FX
Received 17 Nov 2023Thomas House Langford Locks Kidlington OX5 1HR
Received 5 Dec 2025Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 9 Jul 2021Bicester Sports Association The Tudor Jones Building Akeman Street Chesterton Bicester OX26 1TH
Received 6 Nov 2023The Bungalow Clue Hill Farm Arncott HP18 9UZ
Received 17 Jun 2024Land of Southam Road Banbury OX16 1ST
Received 26 Mar 202053 Villiers Road Bicester OX26 2BD
Received 18 Sept 20253 Wellington Avenue Banbury OX16 3QL
Received 25 Jul 2025Oak Tree Barn The Green Shutford Oxfordshire OX15 6PJ
Received 24 May 2023The Steps Main Street Wroxton OX15 6PT
Received 4 Mar 2026Home Farm House Islip Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DP
Received 13 Oct 2022Land adjoining 73 Buchanan Road Upper Arncott OX25 1PE
Received 7 Oct 2025Land Located to the North East of Mixbury Road at Tibbett's Farm
Received 5 Jun 202626 The Rise Twyford Oxfordshire OX17 3HU
Received 26 Mar 2024Kralingen Fenway Steeple Aston OX25 4SP
Received 26 Oct 2020The Fold Back Lane Sibford Ferris Oxfordshire OX15 5QN
Received 13 Feb 2025Land Access Of Back Lane Epwell OX15 6LF
Received 9 Jun 2021Land South Of 3 To 5 Hartshill Close Bloxham
Received 20 Sept 2024Cropredy Marina Claydon Road Cropredy OX17 1JP
Received 24 Aug 2020Records 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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