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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.
14,860 approved · 1,548 refused · 744 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lime Tree House The Green Hornton OX15 6BZ
Received 9 Feb 2026Unit 9 Banbury Gateway Acorn Way Banbury OX16 3AB
Received 7 Feb 2023Southcroft House Southrop Road Hook Norton OX15 5PP
Received 9 Oct 2020St Annes 202 Woodstock Road Yarnton OX5 1PP
Received 25 Jun 2021Garden Cottage Park Hill Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5LP
Received 22 Sept 2025CAR Motor Services Southam Road Banbury OX16 2RR
Received 1 Nov 202470 Neithrop Avenue Banbury OX16 2NG
Received 9 Oct 2023The Old Rectory 4 St Michaels Lane Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1RT
Received 10 Feb 2023Brick Cottage South Newington OX15 4JW
Received 4 Jun 20259 Larsen Road Heyford Park OX25 5TA
Received 20 Jul 2026Claremont House 1 Market Square Bicester OX26 6AA
Received 3 Mar 2026Ladygrass Church Lane Weston On The Green Oxfordshire OX25 3QS
Received 28 Sept 202324 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AE
Received 9 Jul 20254 Market Place Deddington OX15 0SB
Received 24 Mar 2021Moat Farm Buildings Unit 2 Buckingham Road Newton Purcell MK18 4AZ
Received 21 Jul 20216 Mount Pleasant Kidlington OX5 1GP
Received 20 Apr 2023Land North Of Railway House Station Road Hook Norton
Received 10 Apr 2026Horley Cricket Club Horley Cricket Field Lane Close Horley Oxfordshire OX15 6BH
Received 27 Aug 2025Land rear of Bridge House and 1 and 2 The Villas Main Street Wendlebury Bicester Oxon
Received 19 Feb 2025Holly Tree Cottages Earls Lane Deddington
Received 22 Nov 2022Pakefield House St Johns Street Bicester OX26 6SL
Received 5 Apr 2023Land South Of Green Lane Chesterton
Received 22 Jun 20265 Bletchingdon Park Stables Church End Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3DN
Received 15 Sept 2025Street Record Foscote Rise Banbury
Received 17 Apr 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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