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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.
14,979 approved · 1,554 refused · 752 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9EU *outside of area*
Received 14 Oct 2024Lower Farm Street Through Stoke Lyne Stoke Lyne Bicester OX27 8SD
Received 12 Aug 2020Land adj Little Bourton House Southam Road Banbury OX16 1ST
Received 23 Mar 2022Middleton Stoney House Oxford Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4TE
Received 1 Dec 2023South East Bicester Wretchwick Way Bicester
Received 22 Aug 202220 Sandpiper Close Bicester OX26 6UX
Received 29 Oct 202520 Bernwood Road Bicester OX26 6RS
Received 7 Aug 20232 Longfield Duns Tew Oxfordshire OX25 6LA
Received 26 Sept 2025East Grange Grange Park Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SR
Received 3 Jan 202535 Wesley Drive Banbury OX16 9LS
Received 24 Jan 2023Lynton Banbury Road Bloxham OX15 4PB
Received 25 Jun 2021OS Parcel 4300 North Of Shortlands And South Of High Rock Hook Norton Road Sibford Ferris
Received 11 Oct 2022Duns Tew Manor Main Street Duns Tew OX25 6JP
Received 23 Oct 2020Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 21 Jan 2025Proposed Surgery Community Hall Nursery Residential Longford Park Phase 2 Longford Park Road Banbury
Received 16 Jul 2025Bay Tree Cottage 1 Kytes Place Kirtlington OX5 3HN
Received 3 Oct 2025Fanville Head Farmhouse Chipping Norton Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5BS
Received 1 Sept 2023Land Adjoining And West Of Stonecroft House Clifton Road Deddington
Received 14 Jul 2021Three Corners Ploughley Road Ambrosden
Received 29 Jul 2026Dairy Cottage 6 Ingleby Paddocks Enslow OX5 3ET
Received 14 Mar 2023The Barn Yarnton Manor Church Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PY
Received 19 Jun 2024The Manor House Milton Village Street Milton Oxfordshire OX15 4HH
Received 20 Jun 2024St Annes House 1 Dashwood Terrace Dashwood Road Banbury OX16 5HF
Received 16 Jun 2026Farm Cottage Canal Road Thrupp OX5 1JQ
Received 30 Aug 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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