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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.
19,000 approved · 1,849 refused · 983 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Part OS Parcel 1748 And 1733 West Of The Council Houses And Adjacent To Warwick Road Banbury
Received 28 Sept 2026Blencowe House Blackthorn Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DA
Received 13 Jul 2018Land Adj To Allotments Off Duns Tew Road Hempton OX15 0QZ
Received 21 Sept 2022Land North East Of Oxford Road West Of Oxford Canal And East Of Bankside Banbury
Received 15 May 2026St Olaves 86 East Street Fritwell OX27 7QF
Received 3 Sept 2021Phase 2 SW Bicester Parcel 7849 North Of Whitelands Farm Adjoining Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 17 Oct 201918 Sideleigh Road Bodicote Banbury OX15 4AY
Received 26 Jan 2024Christmas Cottage Orchard Lane Upper Heyford Oxfordshire OX25 5LD
Received 26 Oct 2023Land South West Of Bicester Adjoining Oxford Road And Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 8 Oct 2020Land West And Adjoining Warwick Road Banbury
Received 20 Apr 2022102 Ravencroft Bicester OX26 6YQ
Received 26 Jun 2026Gossway Bletchingdon Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HF
Received 6 Apr 2022Former Garage Block Site Opposite 5 Penrhyn Close Banbury
Received 16 Jul 2018Touchstones The Dickredge Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4RS
Received 17 Jun 20224 Grimsbury Square Banbury OX16 3HX
Received 19 Oct 2022Gracemead Wroxton Lane Horley OX15 6BB
Received 17 Jan 202220 Friend Way Graven Hill Ambrosden Bicester OX15 2AY
Received 19 Jun 2019Quincotts Islip Road Bletchingdon Oxfordshire OX5 3DP
Received 29 Jul 202230 Heather Road Bicester OX26 3YU
Received 10 Jan 2019The Hampden Building, Units 1a And 2 High Street Kidlington OX5 2DH
Received 12 Feb 202120 Manor Park Claydon Banbury OX17 1HH
Received 19 Feb 2020Little Manor Manor Road Adderbury OX17 3EL
Received 6 Sept 202116 Lake Walk Adderbury OX17 3PF
Received 25 Nov 2020Tinkers Bicester Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4TD
Received 23 Aug 2023Records 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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