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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.
14,918 approved · 1,551 refused · 748 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30A Heather Road Bicester OX26 3YU
Received 19 Apr 2022Land To The Rear Of No.12 And South Of Dismantled Railway Heath Close Milcombe
Received 4 Mar 2026Ragnell Barn Street From Friars Hill To Ragnell Bottom Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6FD
Received 10 Jul 202322 Ruscote Avenue Banbury OX16 2NN
Received 30 Aug 2023Banbury And Bicester College Broughton Road Banbury OX16 9QJ
Received 16 Sept 202422 Main Street Mixbury Oxfordshire NN13 5RR
Received 24 Oct 202317 Hart Walk Heyford Park OX25 5AF
Received 19 Jul 2022Unit 3 Launton Business Centre Murdock Road Bicester OX26 4PL
Received 19 Aug 2021Part Of OS Parcel 5720 East Of Kyleburn And West Of Manor Farm Main Street Wendlebury
Received 10 Dec 2021Holly House Manor Road Adderbury OX17 3EJ
Received 29 Sept 202632 Reedmace Road Bicester OX26 3WW
Received 2 Mar 2021Nellie & Dove The Tchure Deddington OX15 0UB
Received 18 Dec 202050 Sterling Road Kidlington OX5 2DT
Received 23 Mar 2021Yarnton Manor Church Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PY
Received 16 Mar 2023LVS School St Philips Priory Spring Hill Road Begbroke OX5 1RX
Received 12 Sept 2022The End Cottage Hempton Oxfordshire OX15 0QY
Received 14 Oct 202577 St Annes Road Banbury OX16 9DY
Received 26 Jan 202622 The Avenue Bloxham OX15 4QU
Received 5 Apr 202216 Hopcroft Avenue Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DB
Received 21 Apr 2021Waverley House Queens Avenue Bicester OX26 2PY
Received 27 Jul 2021College Farm Barn Gravel Pits Lane Yarnton OX5 1PX
Received 29 Apr 20203 Robins Close Barford St Michael Banbury OX15 0RP
Received 13 Apr 2022Home Farm House Church Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3QS
Received 2 Jun 202547 Foscote Rise Banbury OX16 9XS
Received 2 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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