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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.
14,902 approved · 1,551 refused · 745 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bottrell House High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Received 10 Sept 20215 Waverley Avenue Kidlington OX5 2NA
Received 4 Sept 202329 Crouch Street Banbury OX16 9PP
Received 1 Jul 2024The Firs Garage Tadmarton Heath Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5DD
Received 31 Aug 2022The Manor House Noke Oxford OX3 9TX
Received 9 Mar 2023Fritwell House 88 East Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QF
Received 7 Mar 2024Thimble Hall Lower Street Barford St Michael OX15 0RH
Received 25 Jan 2021New Barn Farm Colony Road Sibford Gower OX15 5RY
Received 25 Apr 2023Leycroft Barn Somerton Road Souldern OX27 7JX
Received 4 Dec 2024Lodge Farm Cottages Middleton Road Bucknell OX25 4TA
Received 5 Jul 202412-14 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6TB
Received 4 Aug 202574 Hazel Crescent Kidlington OX5 1EQ
Received 16 May 2024Unit 6 Oxford Technology Park Technology Drive Kidlington OX5 1GN
Received 1 Dec 2023The Manor Mews Mill Road Stratton Audley OX27 9BZ
Received 5 May 2022Manor Farm Barn High Street Souldern Bicester OX27 7JL
Received 13 Mar 2024Church House Thame Road Blackthorn OX25 1TE
Received 19 May 202294 Mill Street Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2EF
Received 11 Sept 2026West Farm Cottage Main Street Sibford Gower OX15 5RT
Received 2 Sept 2024The Fox And Hounds Station Road Ardley OX27 7PE
Received 21 Jul 2023Grooms Lodge Oxford Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3NF
Received 1 Sept 202289 Manor Road Banbury OX16 3JL
Received 25 Oct 2022Land Adj To Stockyard Buildings Station Road Enslow
Received 11 Oct 2022The Straw Barn Station Road Cropredy Oxfordshire OX17 1PX
Received 11 Sept 2025Stable End Freehold Street Lower Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5NS
Received 28 Sept 2023Records 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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