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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.
15,817 approved · 1,630 refused · 798 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hillside Farm Main Street Claydon Oxfordshire OX17 1EP
Received 22 Aug 2023Bay Tree House Back Lane Epwell OX15 6LF
Received 24 Nov 20205 Beagles Close Gosford OX5 2QJ
Received 18 Jan 2022Stonecroft Back Lane Epwell OX15 6LF
Received 1 Dec 202124 Browning Road Banbury OX16 9LA
Received 7 Jun 2024Park Farm Cottage St Giles Close Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PZ
Received 17 Mar 2025Sunnyside Troy Lane Kirtlington OX5 3HA
Received 22 Feb 20235 Fairfax Road Kidlington OX5 2PF
Received 24 Oct 2025Ascona Orchard Lane Upper Heyford OX25 5LD
Received 19 May 20265 Broad Street Banbury OX16 5BN
Received 3 Aug 2020Electrical Car Charging Points Stroud Park Ermont Way Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 4AE
Received 12 Aug 2026Oakcroft Farm Piddington HP18 9UY
Received 12 Jun 2026Whately Lodge Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AH
Received 29 Jul 2026The Grange Malthouse Lane Shutford OX15 6PB
Received 16 Sept 2020North Bank Cross Hill Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3EQ
Received 11 Feb 2024Stone Cottage 2 High Street Deddington OX15 0SJ
Received 22 Feb 202249 Riley Drive Banbury OX16 1DS
Received 4 Feb 2025OS Parcel 5700 South West Of Grange Farm Chesterton
Received 14 Jun 2024Mulberry Horton Lane Milcombe Oxfordshire OX15 4RG
Received 7 Jul 2023Land East Of Grimsbury Reservoir Water Works Road Banbury
Received 1 Feb 202110 Blacksmiths Close Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3FL
Received 17 Apr 202588 Woodgreen Avenue Banbury OX16 0AZ
Received 24 Feb 202014 Hardwick Park Banbury OX16 1YD
Received 3 Mar 20202, Bradford Court Bloxham OX15 4RA
Received 15 Aug 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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