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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.
20,733 approved · 1,996 refused · 1,087 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Quarries Quarry Road Hornton Banbury OX15 6DF
Received 21 May 2018Magistrates Court Warwick Road Banbury OX16 2AW
Received 23 Sept 202120 Lake Walk Adderbury OX17 3PF
Received 1 Oct 20262 Axtell Close Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1TW
Received 10 Aug 2022The Old Nursery Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxfordshire OX33 1DA
Received 24 Feb 2022Bramley Close Bonds End Lane Sibford Gower OX15 5RT
Received 19 Aug 2021Rose Cottage Woodstock Road Kidlington OX20 1QE
Received 4 Mar 2021The Coach House Brashfield House Buckingham Road Caversfield OX27 8RE
Received 5 Aug 2020117 West Street Banbury OX16 3HB
Received 11 Jun 2021Land Adjacent Braeside Rope Way Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5QD
Received 29 Oct 2019Broom House Street Through Wigginton Wigginton Banbury OX15 4LD
Received 16 Oct 2018Kannegiesser Uk Beaumont Road Banbury OX16 1QZ
Received 25 Feb 2026Holly Tree Cottages Earls Lane Deddington
Received 15 Jul 201957 - 58 High Street Banbury
Received 29 May 2019Oathill Farm Claydon Road Cropredy Banbury OX17 1QA
Received 21 Dec 2022Walnut House 2 Walnut Gardens Claydon Banbury OX17 1NA
Received 27 Aug 2025Manor Cottage Mill Road Stratton Audley Bicester OX27 9BJ
Received 9 Nov 2023Orchard Cottage Camp Road Heyford Park OX25 5LJ
Received 28 Apr 20215 Campbell Close Bicester OX26 6RY
Received 22 Aug 2018Vicarage Farm Kirtlington Road Chesterton Bicester OX26 1TE
Received 14 Nov 201713 Blackwood Place Bodicote OX15 4BD
Received 4 Jan 2021Buttermilk Farm South Newington Road Barford St Michael OX15 0PL
Received 21 Apr 20201 Lanchester Drive Banbury OX16 1DU
Received 10 May 2024Part Land East And Adj To Roundabout At Junction Of Bicester Road Launton
Received 3 Jan 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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