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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.
15,781 approved · 1,625 refused · 797 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Rochester Way Twyford OX17 3JU
Received 17 Dec 2020Street Record Spring Hill Road Begbroke
Received 12 Feb 20243 Hall Farm Paddocks Spring Hill Road Begbroke OX5 1FW
Received 2 May 2023Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick Bicester OX27 8SS
Received 9 Feb 20231 Winters Way Bloxham Banbury OX15 4QS
Received 4 Feb 2022Oak Grove Brill Road Horton Cum Studley OX33 1BU
Received 9 Jun 202130 Green Road Kidlington OX5 2EX
Received 20 Dec 201938 Bridge Street Banbury OX16 5PY
Received 6 May 2021Hook Norton Library High Street Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5NH
Received 24 Jun 2020Crown House Church Lane Barford St John OX15 0PR
Received 18 Jun 2020The Cedars The Green Adderbury OX17 3ND
Received 23 Dec 20192 Cherwell Street Banbury OX16 2BB
Received 4 May 202117 Market Square Lower Heyford OX25 5NY
Received 2 Jul 2021Manor Barn Islip Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DP
Received 8 Jun 20232 Manor Farm Close Merton Oxfordshire OX25 2NA
Received 14 Feb 20224 Hopcroft Avenue Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DB
Received 9 Jan 202014 Hamilton Close Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2HX
Received 16 Feb 20231 Berrymoor Road Banbury OX16 9QD
Received 9 May 2023Mawles Farmhouse Main Street Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RW
Received 23 Sept 2022Street Record Grimsbury Green Banbury
Received 24 Jan 2022Winmour Philcote Street Deddington OX15 0TB
Received 8 Mar 2021The Manor Country House And Hotel Northampton Road Weston On The Green Oxfordshire OX25 3QL
Received 22 Nov 202383 Queens Road Banbury OX16 0ED
Received 11 Mar 2024Presbytery St John The Evangelist Presbyterian Church South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AF
Received 24 Mar 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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