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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.
15,654 approved · 1,616 refused · 793 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Blessed George Napier Roman Catholic School Addison Road Banbury OX16 9DG
Received 19 Feb 202425 Laburnum Crescent Kidlington OX5 1HA
Received 28 Jul 2026West End Farm House 56 West End Launton Bicester OX26 5DG
Received 12 Mar 202566 High Street Banbury OX16 5JJ
Received 9 Apr 2021British Bakels Ltd British Bakels Granville Way Bicester OX26 4JT
Received 4 Oct 2022Wykham Park OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Bodicote
Received 17 Oct 2024Malthouse Farm North Aston Road Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JG
Received 23 Apr 202418 Bean Acre Road Hook Norton OX15 5UA
Received 14 Sept 202111 Almond Avenue Kidlington OX5 1EN
Received 12 Dec 2019The Croft Water Street Somerton OX25 6NE
Received 18 Nov 202010 Bugloss Walk Bicester OX26 3EB
Received 17 Sept 2025Amended Street Name confimrd by Agent. Heartsease School Lane Wigginton OX15 4JX
Received 9 Nov 2023Sunflower Cottage 4 Mixbury Brackley NN13 5RJ
Received 14 Jul 2020St Marys Church Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AA
Received 25 Sept 2025Manor Farm Fritwell Road Fewcott OX27 7NZ
Received 14 Jun 2021Buttercup Barn Banbury Road Through Wardington Wardington OX17 1SE
Received 24 Aug 2026236 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1EB
Received 23 Jul 2026The Old Mill House Mill Lane Adderbury OX17 3LW
Received 21 Jul 2026Cedar Lodge North Side Steeple Aston OX25 4SE
Received 24 Mar 202086 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6LP
Received 19 Jul 2021The Hart Veterinary Centre 13 Browning Drive Bicester OX26 2XL
Received 31 Jul 2020Holly Cottage Weston Road Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3DH
Received 9 May 2024Cowpastures Farm Arncott Road Piddington Oxfordshire OX25 1AE
Received 25 Mar 202225 Bernard Close Yarnton Oxfordshire OX5 1QP
Received 14 Jun 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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