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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.
19,583 approved · 1,890 refused · 1,010 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Neithrop Avenue Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2NG
Received 22 Aug 2022Moors House Station Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5LS
Received 19 Feb 2024The Rectory Troy Lane Kirtlington OX5 3HA
Received 5 May 2021Street Record Birch Road Ambrosden
Received 26 Aug 20225 and 5A Queens Avenue Kidlington OX5 2JQ
Received 8 Apr 2021Proposed Surgery Community Hall Nursery Residential Longford Park Phase 2 Longford Park Road Banbury
Received 28 Apr 2026Bloxham Church Of England Primary School Tadmarton Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4HP
Received 18 Mar 2024The Little House Clifton Road Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TP
Received 15 Oct 2024Stores Rear Of 51 Parsons Street South Side Of Bolton Road Banbury OX16 5UL
Received 26 Aug 2022Hardwick House Southam Road Banbury OX16 1SU
Received 22 Nov 20235 Chapmans Lane Deddington OX15 0SU
Received 19 Mar 2020Photovoltaic Installation And Premises Woodstock Road Yarnton Oxford OX5 1PQ
Received 5 Jun 2019Bee Cottage Somerton Road North Aston OX25 6HX
Received 26 Jun 202010 Oak Close Bicester OX26 3XD
Received 4 Sept 2025Land North And South Of Pingle Drive Bicester
Received 29 Jul 2025Great Wolf Lodge Oxfordshire Kirtlington Road Chesterton Bicester OX26 1TE
Received 3 Mar 2023Car Park Edmunds House 40 South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AE
Received 16 Jul 2019North Oxfordshire Resource Centre Unit 1 Ambulance Station Trinity Way Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3FG
Received 7 Nov 2025Horse And Groom Lower Heyford Road Caulcott Bicester OX25 4ND
Received 16 Dec 20226 Ruscote Avenue Banbury OX16 2NW
Received 13 Oct 202227 - 31 High Street Kidlington
Received 21 Mar 2019Bicester Shopping Park Kelso Road Bicester
Received 16 Dec 2019Oak Tree Farm Tadmarton Road Bloxham OX15 4JA
Received 15 Dec 2021Jeffcoates The Lane Hempton OX15 0QX
Received 10 Aug 2026Records 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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