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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.
14,765 approved · 1,543 refused · 735 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 3900 Adjoining Foxhill And West Of Southam Road Banbury
Received 25 Jul 202248 Freehold Street Lower Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5NS
Received 17 Aug 2023Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 21 Jan 2025The Stables Main Street Great Bourton Banbury OX17 1QU
Received 22 Mar 2022Old Almshouses Church Street Wroxton Banbury OX15 6QE
Received 3 Jun 2023Street Record Lower Street Islip
Received 11 Jun 2024Outside No.7 Neithrop Close, Ruscote, Banbury
Received 6 May 2021172 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AD
Received 25 Jun 202051 Walton Avenue Twyford Banbury OX17 3LA
Received 26 Sept 2022Phillips Tyres Unit 2 Bessemer Close Bicester OX26 6QE
Received 7 Jun 2024Greene House Brill Road Horton Cum Studley OX33 1BZ
Received 2 Sept 2021Bo Peep Farm Aynho Road Adderbury OX17 3NP
Received 18 Dec 2020Tadmarton Grange Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5TB
Received 25 Apr 2025March House North Street Islip OX5 2SQ
Received 13 Aug 202428 Orchard Way Banbury OX16 0HA
Received 26 Mar 20258 Gravel Pits Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PX
Received 22 Dec 2021Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Addison Road Banbury OX16 9DQ
Received 27 Jun 2022The Leys Rattlecombe Road Shenington Banbury OX15 6LZ
Received 20 Mar 20231 Red Roofs Lower Street Barford St Michael OX15 0RH
Received 16 Oct 2020Box Tree Farm Station Road Launton OX26 5DX
Received 26 Aug 2021Holy Cross Church Shipton On Cherwell Kidlington OX5 1JL
Received 26 Nov 2024Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 16 Feb 2021Woodbine Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Received 12 Jan 202112 The Leys Main Street Wroxton Banbury OX15 6QL
Received 15 Mar 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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