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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.
20,079 approved · 1,924 refused · 1,045 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crossways Blackthorn Road Launton OX26 5DA
Received 20 Jan 2021Sunnyside High Street Bloxham Banbury OX15 4LX
Received 1 Dec 2022Hillside Ardley Road Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AD
Received 28 Apr 2023OS Parcel 9635 North East Of HM Bullingdon Prison Widnell Lane Piddington
Received 10 Oct 2023Prescote Manor Cropredy OX17 1PF
Received 27 Nov 2023High View Hornton Lane Horley Banbury OX15 6BL
Received 22 Apr 2019The Old Vicarage High Street South Newington OX15 4JN
Received 2 Nov 202223-24 Castle Quay Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5UE
Received 30 Jun 202532 Briar Furlong Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2AD
Received 4 Oct 2022Janstead Bicester Road Launton Oxfordshire OX26 5DP
Received 3 Aug 2022Eastgate Cottage Eastgate Hornton OX15 6BT
Received 13 Dec 2024Brasenose Cottage Fenway Steeple Aston OX25 4SS
Received 5 Feb 2025Os Parcel 0060 Village Spinney Adjoining And North West Of Babbington Barn Cropredy Lane Williamscot Oxfordshire OX17 1AD
Received 12 Oct 2023Oxford Technology Park Technology Drive Kidlington OX5 1GN
Received 25 Jul 2025Bainton Manor Bainton Bicester OX27 8RL
Received 19 Jun 2023Springwell High Street Bloxham OX15 4LX
Received 31 Mar 2025The Paddocks 2 Foxtowns Green Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3JW
Received 3 Jul 2019High Furlong Farm Mollington OX17 1QE
Received 30 Mar 2026Sibford Park Colony Road Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RY
Received 14 Oct 202239 High Acres Banbury OX16 9SL
Received 6 Nov 2018Jay Bee Motors Oxford Road Bodicote Banbury OX15 4AB
Received 4 Oct 20182 Ancil Avenue Launton Bicester OX26 5DJ
Received 18 May 2018Chiltern Invadex 126 Churchill Road Bicester OX26 4XD
Received 23 May 2018Yeomans Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SJ
Received 30 Sept 2020Records 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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