Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
20,035 approved · 1,922 refused · 1,041 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 The Row Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3BZ
Received 15 Jan 2026The Keys Fritwell Road Fewcott OX27 7NZ
Received 19 May 2022St Peter And St Pauls Church Main Road Swalcliffe
Received 16 Oct 2018The Dower Lodge Main Street Hethe OX27 8ES
Received 16 Jun 2026Field Farm Stratton Audley Road Stoke Lyne
Received 2 May 2018Cornerways Main Street North Newington OX15 6AJ
Received 16 Jul 202676 Hampden Drive Kidlington OX5 2LS
Received 31 May 2018St Marys Rectory 19 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE
Received 9 May 2023College Farm Pinchgate Lane Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DY
Received 4 Sept 202630 New Street Bicester OX26 6EY
Received 16 Sept 2024North Arms House Mills Lane Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6PY
Received 1 Dec 202519 Schofields Way Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4NS
Received 9 Aug 2023Woodview Main Street Wroxton Banbury OX15 6PT
Received 28 Feb 20208 Oakland Road Banbury OX16 9DT
Received 3 Jun 202017 Hazel Crescent Kidlington OX5 1EH
Received 14 Aug 2018Studley Farmhouse Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxfordshire OX33 1BP
Received 8 Sept 202622 and 23 Marlborough Road Banbury OX16 5DB
Received 17 Jun 2020Wendlebury Lodge Church Lane Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PN
Received 3 Sept 2018The Gables 93 Mallards Way Bicester OX26 6WT
Received 10 Jun 202210 Broad Close Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1BE
Received 20 Jun 2022Impressions Hair And Beauty 4 Rossalyn House Victoria Road Bicester OX26 6PJ
Received 30 Apr 2025Land On The North Side Of Water Lane Fewcott
Received 5 Oct 202124 Carswell Circle Heyford Park OX25 5TY
Received 19 Sept 2025Goggs Hill Little Green Bloxham OX15 4QB
Received 9 Nov 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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