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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.
15,524 approved · 1,605 refused · 782 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Butchers Heyford Road Steeple Aston OX25 4SH
Received 3 Jun 2021The Cottage Goose Farm North Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QS
Received 1 Jun 2023OS Parcel 5700 South Of Salt Way At Crouch Farm Bloxham Road Banbury
Received 1 Mar 202212 Old Glebe Upper Tadmarton OX15 5TH
Received 20 May 2022England Farm Burycroft Road Hook Norton OX15 5PR
Received 11 Nov 2020Kingsbury Cottage Kings Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4QE
Received 1 Jul 202427 Olive Mead Bicester OX27 8BW
Received 10 May 2024Grange Farm Godington Oxfordshire OX27 9AF
Received 6 Jul 2022Land East of A423 Southam Bypass and North of A425 Daventry Road Southam *outside of area*
Received 16 Dec 2025100 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AG
Received 1 Apr 20223 West Bar Street Banbury OX16 9SD
Received 28 Nov 2022101 Woodstock Road Yarnton OX5 1PT
Received 12 May 2022Wendlebury Manor Church Lane Wendlebury OX25 2PN
Received 15 Jan 2021Clifton Gate Development Site Land South Of Home Farm House Clifton Road Deddington
Received 29 Jul 2022Street Record South Bar Street Banbury
Received 14 Aug 2020Bury House 55 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BA
Received 6 Apr 2021The Old Vicarage Church Street Bicester OX26 6AY
Received 27 Aug 202612 Kings Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0DJ
Received 22 Mar 2022Land East Of Warwick Road Drayton Warwick Road Banbury
Received 22 Jun 2026Clarkstown Connemara Pony Stud Sands Farm Church Lane Epwell Banbury OX15 6LD
Received 23 Nov 202114 St Marys Road Adderbury OX17 3HB
Received 14 Feb 2022Fairview Cottage Main Road Swalcliffe Oxfordshire OX15 5HB
Received 5 Aug 2022Former Kidlington Garage 1 Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LA
Received 17 Dec 2025Overmead Station Road Lower Heyford OX25 5PE
Received 26 May 2025Records 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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