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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.
15,741 approved · 1,624 refused · 796 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Beaulieu Close Banbury OX16 4FG
Received 13 May 2024Land North Of Bicester Avenue Garden Centre Oxford Road Bicester
Received 21 Dec 2023Field Cottage Fritwell Road Fewcott OX27 7NZ
Received 9 Dec 20195 Meadow View Banbury OX16 9SR
Received 15 Jul 2021Merton Croft West End Lane Merton Bicester OX25 2NG
Received 18 Nov 2022Scania Unit 5 Wildmere Park Wildmere Road Banbury OX16 3JU
Received 23 Aug 2021Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 2 Jun 2023The Kings Arms 4 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AJ
Received 16 Dec 2020Highpoint Farm Tadmarton Heath Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5BX
Received 4 Dec 202494 Banbury Road Kidlington OX5 2BX
Received 18 Apr 202486 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6LP
Received 24 Aug 2020North View North Lane Weston On The Green Oxfordshire OX25 3RG
Received 19 Oct 2022Tile Barn Farnborough Road Mollington Oxfordshire OX17 1DS
Received 19 Nov 20208 Reid Place Heyford Park Oxfordshire OX25 5TW
Received 25 May 202247-48 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TH
Received 17 May 2023Tinkers Corner Troy Lane Kirtlington OX5 3HA
Received 11 Jan 2021Land North And South Of Pingle Drive Bicester
Received 6 Dec 2024Cubbs Cottage Burdrop Oxfordshire OX15 5RL
Received 5 Nov 2024Street Record Chesterton
Received 17 Mar 2023Blenheim Cottage Millers Lane Hornton OX15 6BS
Received 15 Jul 202618 Hopcroft Avenue Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DB
Received 1 Oct 20218 Byron Road Banbury OX16 9RJ
Received 31 Oct 202312 Lime Avenue Banbury OX16 9BU
Received 24 Nov 202033 Nash Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5BL
Received 14 Mar 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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