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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.
15,440 approved · 1,603 refused · 777 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
265 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2PD
Received 6 Apr 2021Manor Farm House Main Street Clifton OX15 0PA
Received 4 Jun 2021Land Forming Part of Airfield Skimmingdish Lane Launton Bicester OX26 5AD
Received 22 Nov 2024The Manor Manor Road Great Bourton Banbury OX17 1QT
Received 2 Sept 202152 Merton Way Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1NW
Received 28 Apr 2023Apartment 1 24 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AE
Received 31 Jul 2023Camlo House 2 Adderbury Park Adderbury OX17 3EN
Received 21 Jul 2026Bicester Sports Association The Tudor Jones Building Akeman Street Chesterton Bicester OX26 1TH
Received 9 Feb 20247 Cranleigh Close Banbury OX16 9NJ
Received 3 Jul 2023KMF South West Bicester Development Site Pioneer Way Bicester
Received 12 Dec 20194 Drapers House St Johns Road Banbury OX16 5BE
Received 5 Aug 2020The Cottage Kenhill Road Shenington Banbury OX15 6NQ
Received 30 Mar 202218 Howard Road Heyford Park OX25 5BD
Received 1 Jul 2021OS Parcel 0080 West Of Berryhill Road Adjoining And South Of Milton Road Adderbury
Received 19 Jul 2021The Bell House Church Lane Kirtlington OX5 3DJ
Received 2 Dec 20203 Crouch Street Banbury OX16 9PP
Received 13 Mar 202021 Causeway Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6AN
Received 17 Nov 202051 Woodpiece Road Upper Arncott Oxfordshire OX25 1PJ
Received 26 Jan 2023Clump House Hornton Lane Horley OX15 6BL
Received 9 Dec 2020The Warriner School Banbury Road Bloxham OX15 4LJ
Received 16 Sept 2021Land adjacent Braeside Rope Way Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5QD
Received 25 Aug 2020The Causeway, Monks Head Weston Road Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3DH
Received 2 Apr 2024Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 29 Apr 2022Cherry Tree Cottage Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EU
Received 13 Jul 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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