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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.
15,566 approved · 1,608 refused · 786 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Box Tree Farm Station Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DX
Received 5 Oct 20231 Lemongrass Road Bicester OX27 8BQ
Received 10 Jun 2024105 Banbury Road Kidlington OX5 1AJ
Received 2 Jan 2024Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 16 Nov 20205-19 Austin Way Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DA
Received 2 Jun 202159 Stratfield Road Kidlington OX5 1DJ
Received 24 Mar 2022OS Parcel 4846 South East Of Launton Road And North East Of Sewage Works Blackthorn Road Launton
Received 10 Feb 202027 Church Lane Hampton Poyle OX5 2QF
Received 5 Feb 2020Hornton End Broad Gap Bodicote Oxfordshire OX15 4DD
Received 20 Dec 2024Salfords East End Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5LG
Received 4 Nov 2025OS Parcel 5700 South West Of Grange Farm Street Through Little Chesterton Chesterton
Received 17 Aug 2021Axis J9 Phase 3 Howes Lane Bicester
Received 19 Apr 2023Land North Of Pole Barn Main Street Wroxton
Received 11 Aug 2021Symmetry Park, Unit B Morrell Way Ambrosden OX26 6GF
Received 6 Oct 202191 Sussex Drive Banbury OX16 1UW
Received 2 Apr 2026The Old Rectory Rectory Lane Fringford OX27 8DX
Received 3 Dec 20201 Severn Close Bicester OX26 2NN
Received 5 Aug 2020Toll Gate Souldern OX27 7HT
Received 1 Aug 2025Mulberry Horton Lane Milcombe Oxfordshire OX15 4RG
Received 28 Nov 20237 Jersey Drive Banbury OX16 1UH
Received 24 Nov 2020Land East Of Larsen Road Heyford Park
Received 20 Jul 201547 Orchard Way Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0HR
Received 11 Sept 2026Land Adjoining Withycombe Farmhouse Stratford Road A422 Drayton
Received 14 Jul 2022130 Sinclair Avenue Banbury OX16 1BL
Received 1 Sept 2022Records 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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