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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.
20,663 approved · 1,985 refused · 1,084 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glen Meadows House Chacombe Road Wardington Banbury OX17 2JU
Received 19 Dec 201726 Centre Street Banbury OX16 3LG
Received 4 Jan 2022Forge Farm Northampton Road Weston On The Green
Received 29 Apr 2022Westfield Court House North Lane Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3RG
Received 28 Feb 2023Park View Cottage Church End Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DL
Received 9 Nov 201812 Booth Road Banbury OX16 1EG
Received 30 Jul 20246 Sorrel Road Ambrosden OX25 2AP
Received 28 Jun 2022Katharine House Hospice Aynho Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3NL
Received 13 Jul 202031 Church View Banbury OX16 9NB
Received 6 May 2021Mill House Mill Lane Wigginton Banbury OX15 4JT
Received 10 Oct 202276-78 Broughton Road Banbury OX16 9QF
Received 11 Oct 20212 Walnut Rise Somerton Bicester OX25 6LZ
Received 24 May 2018Clinton House Humber Street Bloxham OX15 4LZ
Received 22 Mar 2021Land To The Rear Of The Duke Of Cumberlands Head Main Street Clifton OX15 0PE
Received 28 May 202415 Harris Road Upper Heyford OX25 5TR
Received 16 Dec 2019Building 113 Bicester Motion Skimmingdish Lane Launton OX27 8AL
Received 12 May 202675 High Street Banbury OX16 5JG
Received 7 Feb 2022Land off Southam Road Banbury OX16 2DF
Received 8 Sept 2020Barleycorn The Green Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0RS
Received 2 Sept 2025Bicester Gateway Business Park Wendlebury Road Chesterton
Received 8 Aug 2019Stonehouse Northampton Road Weston On The Green OX25 3QX
Received 15 Dec 2025Cropredy Lawn Cropredy Lawn Road Cropredy Oxfordshire OX17 1DR
Received 18 Oct 2022April Cottage 15 Church Street Kidlington OX5 2BA
Received 5 Jun 2026Avire The Exclusive Building 6C Thorpe Drive Banbury OX16 4UZ
Received 1 Feb 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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