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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.
15,320 approved · 1,594 refused · 771 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Briarwood 44 East End Hook Norton OX15 5LG
Received 20 Feb 2022338 Bretch Hill Banbury OX16 0LW
Received 2 Jun 2025Old Rectory The Walk Islip Oxfordshire OX5 2SD
Received 26 Jun 202611 Rowel Drive Begbroke OX5 1SE
Received 23 Apr 2024Horsehay Quarry Middle Barton Road Duns Tew
Received 29 Jan 20212 Fisher Close Banbury OX16 3ZW
Received 13 Oct 202025 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AE
Received 27 Aug 2021Leasowe House Bonds End Lane Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RT
Received 1 Dec 2022Land To The South And Adj To South Side Steeple Aston
Received 19 Dec 2019Land North Of Park And Ride Adj To Vendee Drive Bicester
Received 23 Dec 20198 Old Council Houses Hanwell Oxfordshire OX17 1HL
Received 12 Feb 2024Park House Park Lane Swalcliffe OX15 5ET
Received 8 Oct 2024Winterlake Springwell Hill Bletchingdon OX5 3HG
Received 22 Feb 202125 Goldfinch Close Bicester OX26 6EN
Received 20 Oct 202177 St Annes Road Banbury OX16 9DY
Received 2 Oct 2025St Josephs High Street Souldern Bicester OX27 7LA
Received 17 Oct 2024Barn End North Street Fritwell OX27 7QJ
Received 13 Jun 2025Telecommunications Cabinet Peregrine Way Bicester
Received 4 Jul 2022Barn Adjacent To Beggars Barn Wroxton OX15 6JD
Received 19 Mar 2024Bloxham Service Station South Newington Road Bloxham Banbury OX15 4QF
Received 5 Mar 20207 Lombard Way Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 4TJ
Received 26 Jan 20241 West Cottage Bicester Road Stratton Audley Oxfordshire OX27 9BP
Received 10 May 202260 Flatford Place Kidlington OX5 1TH
Received 22 Mar 2021Earls Court Earls Lane Deddington OX15 0TH
Received 1 Jul 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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