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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.
15,389 approved · 1,601 refused · 777 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Graham Road Bicester OX26 2HP
Received 19 May 2021Premier Aggregates Finmere Quarry Banbury Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AJ
Received 25 Sept 2025Barn Folly Farm Grange Lane Sibford Ferris OX15 5EY
Received 16 Jun 2020High Wardington House Thorpe Road Wardington Banbury OX17 1SP
Received 2 Oct 2024The Old Manor Little Bridge Road Bloxham OX15 4PU
Received 15 Nov 2021Manor Cottage Middleton Park Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AQ
Received 6 Nov 2023Weston Manor Northampton Road Weston On The Green OX25 3QL
Received 13 Aug 2020Sentry House Castle Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TE
Received 6 Nov 2023Church Farm House Church Lane Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1AW
Received 15 Apr 2024Kemsley Farm Northampton Road Weston On The Green OX25 3AA
Received 4 May 2021The Woodlands Workhouse Lane Bloxham OX15 4PH
Received 11 Jun 20264 Walker Road Banbury OX16 1HE
Received 1 Aug 2023Castle Barns Castle Street Deddington OX15 0TE
Received 12 Aug 2025Kareol Mill Lane Islip OX5 2SU
Received 3 Nov 2021Wychwood Meadow View Adderbury OX17 3LZ
Received 3 Jan 2025Land At Manor View (West of Manor Park) Hampton Poyle Kidlington
Received 3 May 202280 Hillside Close Banbury OX16 9YF
Received 13 Dec 2021Rectory Farm Back Lane Epwell Oxfordshire OX15 6LG
Received 9 Mar 2022Brickhouse Farm Bloxham Road Milton Oxon OX15 5HE
Received 10 Dec 201917 Croft Avenue Kidlington OX5 2HU
Received 5 Mar 2020Rose View Main Street Hethe Oxfordshire OX27 8HD
Received 28 Sept 2023Orchard Cottage Station Road Milcombe Oxfordshire OX15 4RS
Received 1 Aug 2023Swalcliffe Park School Main Road Swalcliffe OX15 5EP
Received 29 Jul 2024Flat 1 25 Banbury Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1AQ
Received 18 May 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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