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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.
15,293 approved · 1,592 refused · 766 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Specsavers 25 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6JF
Received 22 Jun 2023Beehive Cottage High Street Adderbury OX17 3LS
Received 4 Feb 2022Stonehouse Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3QX
Received 3 Nov 2020The Manor House 44 North Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QR
Received 27 Nov 2023Lychgate At All Saints Church Main Street Great Bourton
Received 3 Dec 202126 Chichester Close Bicester OX26 6RX
Received 28 Feb 2023Banbury Westend Lawn Tennis And Squash Club Chapel Lane Adderbury OX17 3LY
Received 23 Dec 20246 Lime Crescent Bicester OX26 3XJ
Received 1 Aug 2022Home Farm Street Through Wigginton Wigginton Banbury OX15 4JZ
Received 25 Jan 2023Land North Of Railway House Station Road Hook Norton
Received 28 Sept 2026Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury OX17 1HJ
Received 1 Dec 2023Public Conveniences Warwick Road Banbury
Received 20 Aug 2021Balscote Mill The Plain Road Shutford
Received 17 Jul 2023T Tree House Main Street North Newington OX15 6AJ
Received 6 Nov 2020Foxtownsend Farmhouse Heyford Road Kirtlington OX5 3HS
Received 29 Jul 2020Manor Cottage Netting Street Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5NP
Received 5 Sept 2022Tangley Cottage The Gap North Side Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SE
Received 23 Aug 2024Land Adjacent To Hebborns Yard Bicester Road Gosford OX5 2PX
Received 13 Jan 2026Land South Of Home Farm House Clifton Road Deddington
Received 25 Feb 2022Lavender Cottage Street From A43 Through Juniper Hill Juniper Hill NN13 5RH
Received 27 Sept 2021Lanes End Well Lane Alkerton OX15 6NL
Received 27 Apr 202076 Withycombe Drive Banbury OX16 0SJ
Received 7 Jul 20205 St Marys Road Adderbury OX17 3EZ
Received 8 Mar 2021Milcombe Hall Horton Lane Milcombe Banbury OX15 4RQ
Received 18 Feb 2022Records 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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