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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.
15,210 approved · 1,584 refused · 762 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjoining And West Of Stonecroft House Clifton Road Deddington
Received 18 Apr 2024Hs2 Ekfb A421 London Road Overbridge Banbury Road Finmere MK18 4AJ
Received 9 Oct 2024Peacehaven Manor Farm Lane Balscote Oxfordshire OX15 6JJ
Received 25 Oct 202432 Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TP
Received 9 May 202471 Lyneham Road Bicester OX26 4FN
Received 9 Jul 2024Cemetery Tite Lane Hook Norton OX15 5LP
Received 23 Oct 2024Bloxham Grove Academy Banbury Road Bloxham Banbury OX15 4UL
Received 26 Jul 2022Axis J9 Phase 1 OS Parcel 4200 Adjoining Middleton Road And Howes Lane Bicester
Received 3 Dec 2020The Thatched Cottage Barford Road South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JN
Received 6 Aug 2024Hanbury House Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SG
Received 9 Jun 202031 Park End Bodicote OX15 4DF
Received 5 May 2023The Mullions High Street Souldern Bicester OX27 7JN
Received 16 Oct 202419 Cypress Gardens Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 3XT
Received 14 Apr 202261 High Street Banbury OX16 5JR
Received 2 Jul 2024Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX17 1HJ
Received 7 Sept 2022Home Farm Woodway Road Sibford Ferris OX15 5RF
Received 22 Mar 202429 Longfields Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6QP
Received 15 Apr 2026Mill Cottage 74 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EF
Received 5 Jan 20261 Calthorpe Road Banbury OX16 5HS
Received 28 Apr 2023The Coach House Main Street Hanwell Banbury OX17 1HN
Received 8 Mar 2023Street Record Station Road Cropredy OX17 1PP
Received 8 Feb 2023Mill End Barn Mill End Kidlington OX5 2EG
Received 7 Dec 2021Bridge House Brick Hill Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5PU
Received 24 Mar 2025Barn Cottage Street From Middle Aston Lane To Oxford Road Middle Aston OX25 5PX
Received 22 Nov 2021Records 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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