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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.
15,465 approved · 1,604 refused · 778 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Rawlins Close Twyford Oxfordshire OX17 3HS
Received 23 Jun 2023Land North of The Moors Kidlington
Received 25 Jun 2025The Nettings Netting Street Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5NP
Received 23 May 202218 Queens Road Banbury OX16 0EB
Received 18 Nov 2025Mere House Mere Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AR
Received 14 Nov 20231 Danvers Road Broughton OX15 5DU
Received 19 Jan 202121 Swallow Close Bicester OX26 6YL
Received 24 Aug 202020 Fernhill Close Kidlington OX5 1BB
Received 6 Oct 202176 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1BL
Received 25 Mar 2026The Farmhouse Wretchwick Farm Ploughley Road Ambrosden Oxfordshire OX25 2JS
Received 16 Feb 2022Plot 569 Phase 3A and 3B Zone 3 Graven Hill Road Ambrosden
Received 4 Apr 2022Caravan Park Rear Of Barnstones Main Street Great Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1QU
Received 21 Aug 2025Drogheda Malthouse Lane Shutford Oxfordshire OX15 6PB
Received 10 Feb 2025Peoples Park Warwick Road Banbury
Received 15 Jan 202418 Newton Close Bicester OX26 1AS
Received 13 Mar 202327 East Circular Road Ambrosden OX25 2BJ
Received 11 Mar 2021Middle Lodge 34 High Street Bodicote OX15 4BP
Received 19 Oct 2021Brooklands Development OS Parcel 3900 Adjoining Foxhill And West Of Southam Road Banbury
Received 26 Sept 2024147 Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9JU
Received 27 Jan 202128 Buckhurst Close Banbury OX16 1JT
Received 19 Aug 2024Wine Vaults 5-6 Parsons Street Banbury OX16 5LW
Received 21 Oct 2025Land North East Of Oxford Road West Of Oxford Canal And East Of Bankside Banbury
Received 2 Aug 2021Maplecroft Street Through Murcott Village Murcott Oxfordshire OX5 2RE
Received 1 Sept 2026Oxford Technology Park Technology Drive Kidlington OX5 1GN
Received 26 Apr 2023Records 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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