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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.
15,113 approved · 1,575 refused · 757 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gaslight Earls Lane Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TH
Received 28 Mar 2025OS Parcel 1570 Adjoining And West Of Chilgrove Drive And Adjoining And North Of Camp Road Heyford Park
Received 9 Feb 2022Grange Farmhouse Wigginton Road South Newington OX15 4JR
Received 17 Sept 2020Balscote House Chapel Lane Balscote Oxfordshire OX15 6JN
Received 13 May 2025Poultry House Rickfield Farm Station Road Milcombe OX15 4RS
Received 23 Nov 202335 The Fairway Banbury OX16 0RR
Received 8 Feb 2024West End House West End Hornton OX15 6DA
Received 4 Mar 2026OS Parcel 0927 East Of And Adjoining Wardington Road Wardington
Received 15 May 2026The Bungalow White Post Road Bodicote OX15 4BN
Received 12 Mar 2020*Various locations* Epwell
Received 19 Dec 20227 Castle Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TE
Received 28 Jun 2023Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 24 Feb 2025Fairacre 17 St Johns Way Hempton OX15 0QR
Received 28 Sept 202324 Rochester Way Twyford Oxfordshire OX17 3JX
Received 18 Feb 2025Plot 558 Phase 3A and 3B Zone 3 Graven Hill Road Ambrosden
Received 24 Jan 2023Unit 2 The Station House Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5BZ
Received 8 Jun 202019 Lodge Close Bicester OX26 3TE
Received 15 Mar 2022Os Parcel 2778 Grange Farm North West Of Station Cottage Station Road Launton
Received 14 Dec 2023Land South Side Of Widnell Lane Piddington
Received 2 Jul 2020Car Park Chatsworth Drive Banbury
Received 10 Nov 2021Manor House Temple Mill Road Sibford Gower OX15 5RX
Received 7 Dec 20211 Blenheim Terrace Bletchingdon OX5 3DQ
Received 20 Jul 202059 Waller Drive Banbury OX16 9NS
Received 27 Sept 20244 Caldwell Road Banbury OX16 9FB
Received 21 Jul 2026Records 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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