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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.
15,688 approved · 1,619 refused · 796 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of River Great Ouse And North Of Evenley Road Mixbury
Received 7 Nov 2025White House Manor Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3EJ
Received 14 Feb 2023Little Chippers Merton Bicester OX25 2NF
Received 31 May 2023St Johns Church Church Street Bodicote OX15 4DW
Received 12 Jul 2023Scout Hall Bletchingdon Road Kirtlington
Received 17 Apr 2023Rear Of Jasmincot High Street Islip OX5 2RX
Received 23 Oct 20255 St Peters Close South Newington OX15 4JL
Received 6 Aug 202142 Goodwood Close Bicester OX26 1AA
Received 19 Feb 2026The Owls Nest 4 Market Square Lower Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5NY
Received 8 Sept 202541 Fernhill Road Begbroke OX5 1RR
Received 11 Oct 2021Phase 7a Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 1 Mar 20228 Ashridge Close Banbury OX16 9UE
Received 5 Mar 2021Poppin 6 Vicarage Gardens Cropredy OX17 1PJ
Received 14 Jan 2021Land off Southam Road Banbury OX16 2DF
Received 29 Apr 2021Meadow Brook House Colony Road Sibford Gower OX15 5RY
Received 2 Feb 20212 Red Roofs Lower Street Barford St Michael OX15 0RH
Received 22 Sept 202512 Sandhill Road Begbroke OX5 1RS
Received 8 Apr 202115 Austins Way Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5LQ
Received 29 Jul 2022Home Close Main Street Sibford Ferris OX15 5RE
Received 10 Jul 202064 Shannon Road Bicester OX26 2RN
Received 10 Jul 2020Street Record Woodway Road Sibford Ferris
Received 15 Mar 2021Tadmarton Grange Main Street Upper Tadmarton Oxfordshire OX15 5TB
Received 20 Feb 2024The Limes The Green Shenington OX15 6NH
Received 12 Oct 2022Seven Acres Farm The Straight Mile Horton Cum Studley Oxfordshire OX33 1AD
Received 8 May 2026Records 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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