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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.
15,591 approved · 1,611 refused · 787 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 29 Nov 2022Os Parcel 3673 Adjoining And West Of 161 Rutten Lane Yarnton OX5 1LT Cross Parish Boundary Application: Begbroke and Yarnton Parish Councils
Received 14 Oct 2021Axis J9 Phase 3 Howes Lane Bicester
Received 15 Sept 2021The Yews Church Lane Hornton OX15 6BY
Received 18 Jun 2024Village Farm Blackbull Lane Fencott OX5 2RD
Received 9 May 2025OS Parcel 1570 Adjoining And West Of Chilgrove Drive And Adjoining And North Of Camp Road Heyford Park
Received 17 Dec 2021April Cottage 15 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BA
Received 5 Jan 2022Woodview Main Street Wroxton Banbury OX15 6PT
Received 28 Feb 20202 The Old Vicarage Banbury Road Through Wardington Wardington OX17 1SA
Received 12 Sept 2022Phase 9 Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 18 Jan 202110 High Street Banbury OX16 5DZ
Received 7 May 2020Nationwide 18-19 Market Place Banbury OX16 5PQ
Received 10 Jun 20252 Dewars Farm Cottages Ardley Road Middleton Stoney OX25 4AE
Received 25 May 2021Virginia House Church Street Bodicote Banbury OX15 4DW
Received 31 Mar 202459 Rutten Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1LW
Received 31 Mar 2026HM Prison Bullingdon Patrick Haugh Road Upper Arncott Bicester OX25 1PZ
Received 20 Dec 2021OS Parcel 3300 North Of Railway Line Adjoining Palmer Avenue Lower Arncott
Received 25 Mar 2020Woodview Station Road Ardley OX27 7PQ
Received 23 Dec 2019Amey Rail Station Approach Banbury OX16 5AB
Received 7 Feb 2024Cawley House Millers Lane Hornton Oxfordshire OX15 6BS
Received 21 Feb 2024St Marys Church Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AA
Received 4 Aug 2020Tile Cottage Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SQ
Received 30 Jul 20243 Skimmingdish Lane Caversfield Bicester OX27 8UF
Received 31 Jan 2024Holly House Manor Road Adderbury OX17 3EJ
Received 18 Oct 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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