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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.
15,052 approved · 1,566 refused · 755 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grebe Cottage High Street Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UQ
Received 2 Jun 2025Corner Cottage Mills Lane Wroxton OX15 6PY
Received 10 Apr 202654 East Street Fritwell Oxfordshire OX27 7QF
Received 19 Nov 2025Bignell Park Barns Kirtlington Road Chesterton
Received 17 May 2022Unit 1 to Unit 3 Charles Shouler Way Bicester OX25 2DS
Received 28 Dec 202247-48 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TH
Received 6 Aug 2024Lady Anne Morton's Almshouses Church Street Kidlington
Received 7 Sept 20208 Blacklocks Hill Nethercote OX17 2BW
Received 9 Jan 202532 Orchard Way Bicester OX26 2EJ
Received 19 Oct 2021Eaton House New Street Deddington OX15 0SS
Received 12 Feb 2026Swalcliffe Park Equestrian Park Lane Swalcliffe Banbury OX15 5EU
Received 20 Oct 20201 Benmead Road Kidlington OX5 2BZ
Received 22 May 2023NHS Trust 81A Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AL
Received 31 Aug 202327 Partridge Chase Bicester OX26 6XF
Received 6 Jul 202654 South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AB
Received 26 Jun 202528 Hampden Drive Kidlington OX5 2LR
Received 6 Oct 2025Sidelands Farm Weeping Cross Bodicote Banbury OX15 4EE
Received 13 Jul 2023Oxford And Cherwell College Mewburn Road Banbury OX16 9PA
Received 5 Nov 20219 Freeborn Close Kidlington OX5 2BH
Received 15 Aug 2025Phase 5D, Phase 8C and Trenchard Circle, Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 22 Feb 2022Well Stone 3 Church Street Wroxton OX15 6QE
Received 6 Oct 2026The Old Fox Street From A43 Through Juniper Hill Juniper Hill Oxfordshire NN13 5RH
Received 9 Nov 20237 Beatrice Drive Banbury OX16 0DT
Received 13 Sept 2023The Cottage The Dickredge Steeple Aston OX25 4RS
Received 7 May 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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