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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.
20,504 approved · 1,967 refused · 1,077 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Beech Crescent Kidlington OX5 1DP
Received 10 May 2018Winterbrook House Alchester Road Chesterton OX26 1UN
Received 31 May 2023Land North Of Southfield Farm North Lane Weston On The Green
Received 2 Apr 2019Ludlow Road Bicester OX26 1AF
Received 14 Feb 201826 The Rise Twyford Oxfordshire OX17 3HU
Received 26 Sept 2023Shrubbery Cottage Main Street Hethe OX27 8ES
Received 12 Sept 2025Park View Cottage Heyford Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HS
Received 28 Mar 2019Manor Barn Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DP
Received 23 Nov 20225 Ashdene Road Bicester OX26 2BH
Received 30 Sept 202643 Almond Avenue Kidlington OX5 1EW
Received 15 May 2023Brashfield Merton Bicester OX25 2NF
Received 6 Mar 202442 London Road Bicester OX26 6BX
Received 17 Mar 2026Old Lagoon Worton Rectory Farm Cassington Road Yarnton
Received 1 Dec 2020Land At Camp Road Upper Heyford
Received 3 Feb 2025Kelwyn 15 Margaret Road Twyford Banbury OX17 3JE
Received 26 Sept 2022Food Plus 12-14 West Bar Street Banbury OX16 9RR
Received 23 Feb 2026Bristow House Broad Gap Bodicote Banbury OX15 4DD
Received 4 May 20185 Morgan Close Banbury OX16 1DX
Received 20 Apr 2026148 Barry Avenue Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2DL
Received 8 Apr 2022Land Adj To 2 Garden Cottages Bicester Road Stratton Audley OX27 9BT
Received 18 Jun 2020Part Of Os Parcel 5900 East Of Broughton And North Sandfine Road Broughton
Received 26 Oct 2020E P Barrus Ltd Launton Road Bicester OX26 4UR
Received 8 Jul 2021The Old Rectory Street Through Wigginton Wigginton OX15 4LA
Received 9 Oct 2020OS Parcels 4083 And 6882 Adjoining And North Of Broken Furrow Warwick Road Banbury
Received 4 Jul 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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