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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.
18,947 approved · 1,841 refused · 980 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Firs St Thomas Street Deddington Banbury OX15 0SY
Received 6 Jul 2018Brickhouse Farm Bloxham Road Milton
Received 21 Feb 201927 Buckingham Road Bicester OX26 2NU
Received 22 Dec 2025Elm Tree House Church Lane Wendlebury OX25 2PN
Received 28 Aug 2019Horton General Hospital Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AL
Received 8 Aug 202217 Twyford Gardens Twyford Oxfordshire OX17 3JA
Received 4 Oct 2023Wisteria House High Street Hook Norton OX15 5NF
Received 7 Feb 202247 Padbury Drive Banbury OX16 4TG
Received 21 Mar 2025Sydenham Farm Aynho Road Adderbury OX17 3WS
Received 29 Jul 2022Sedge Hill Main Street Clifton Oxfordshire OX15 0PB
Received 22 Jan 202417 Forsythia Close Bicester OX26 3GA
Received 16 Feb 202183 Mold Crescent Banbury OX16 0ER
Received 10 Nov 2023Souldern House Souldern OX27 7LA
Received 26 Apr 2021Land Adjacent To The Oxford Canal Spiceball Park Road Banbury
Received 20 Jan 2020Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 29 Apr 202213 The Shearings Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5PT
Received 13 Sept 2021Morrisons Swan Close Road Banbury OX16 5AQ
Received 17 Mar 2025Land To The Rear Of 16-18 Twyford Gardens And Adj To Claire House Twyford Grove Twyford OX17 3LD
Received 27 Mar 2023Village Farm Blackbull Lane Fencott Kidlington OX5 2RD
Received 4 Dec 2023Easter House Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley OX33 1AU
Received 24 May 2021Holly Tree Farm Hornton Lane Horley Oxfordshire OX15 6BJ
Received 15 Jan 2026Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 29 Apr 2022Johnson And Gaunt 47 48 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TH
Received 23 Mar 2020Barn Approximately 25 Metres South Of Church Of St John Church Lane Barford St John
Received 7 Dec 2018Records 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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