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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.
19,881 approved · 1,912 refused · 1,031 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AB
Received 30 Jul 202148 Kings Road Banbury OX16 0DJ
Received 13 Nov 20202 Woodstock Road Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PJ
Received 8 Aug 2022North Arms House Mills Lane Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6PY
Received 17 Feb 2025Candleford 2 Heyford Road Steeple Aston OX25 4SH
Received 12 Mar 2020OS Parcel 6086 Adjacent And North West Of Railway Line Ploughley Road Arncott
Received 3 Feb 20201 Church Lane Mollington OX17 1AZ
Received 20 Apr 20215 Bletchingdon Park Stables Church End Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DN
Received 10 Mar 20255 Barberry Place Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 3HA
Received 16 Nov 2023Victoria House Horse Fair Deddington Banbury OX15 0SH
Received 7 Dec 2018Little Acre Main Road Milcombe Banbury OX15 4RU
Received 30 Dec 2021Westway House Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EU
Received 24 Feb 2021Spring Cottage Main Street North Newington Oxfordshire OX15 6AJ
Received 23 Jul 202538 Bear Garden Road Banbury OX16 9PH
Received 24 May 2021Merriemakers Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley Oxfordshire OX33 1AU
Received 14 Jul 202213 Perth Road Bicester OX26 1AR
Received 12 Jun 2023Wardington Manor Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SW
Received 1 Jul 2024Avon Cottage Chapel Lane Little Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1RQ
Received 31 Mar 202320 Montgomery Road Caversfield OX27 8FG
Received 23 Dec 2024Beech House High Street Cropredy Banbury OX17 1NG
Received 19 Apr 2023Kingsclere Cottage Station Road Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5PE
Received 5 Apr 202436 Fairhaven Road Caversfield Bicester OX27 8TX
Received 20 Aug 2018Lodge Farm 71 East Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QF
Received 13 Nov 2018Pondockie Oddington Kidlington OX5 2RA
Received 28 Nov 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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