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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.
15,411 approved · 1,602 refused · 777 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
133 Warwick Road Banbury OX16 2AR
Received 31 May 2023Annexe at Bean Acre Cottage Rope Way Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5QB
Received 17 Feb 2025Kiftsgate House South Side Steeple Aston OX25 4RY
Received 27 Nov 2020128 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1DZ
Received 16 Apr 2020Beam Ends Steeple Close Bloxham Banbury OX15 4ND
Received 24 Apr 20236 Ploughley Close Kidlington OX5 1BG
Received 6 Feb 2023Grandpas Barn High Street Souldern OX27 7JP
Received 16 Nov 2020The Stables Main Street Great Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1QU
Received 2 Oct 2023Bloxham School, Bursars Office Banbury Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4PE
Received 13 May 2022Tudor Cottage 22 Church Street Bicester OX26 6AZ
Received 22 Jan 2025Swalcliffe Park School Main Road Swalcliffe Banbury OX15 5EP
Received 20 Jul 2021Land Adjoining Withycombe Farmhouse Stratford Road A422 Drayton
Received 24 May 2024Greggs Skimmingdish Lane Launton Bicester OX26 5AF
Received 31 Jul 2025Land West Of 70 Hampden Square Heyford Park
Received 1 Jul 2024Oak Lodge Clifton Road Deddington Banbury OX15 0TP
Received 23 Feb 2022Land West Of Chinalls Close Adj To Banbury Road Finmere
Received 19 Apr 20247 William Close Banbury OX16 0UE
Received 21 Oct 2020Rickfield Farm Station Road Milcombe OX15 4RS
Received 2 Aug 2021Homelea 69 North Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QR
Received 7 Nov 2024The Old Elephant And Castle Causeway Banbury OX16 4SN
Received 16 May 2023Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 29 Apr 2022Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 2 Aug 20231 Launton Road Bicester OX26 6PX
Received 10 Aug 2021St Mary The Virgin Church Church Lane Weston On The Green
Received 4 Mar 2020Records 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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