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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.
20,862 approved · 2,004 refused · 1,097 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10A Reid Close Banbury OX16 0SZ
Received 17 Feb 2025Compass Group Healthcare Brighterkind Glebefields Stratford Road A422 Drayton OX15 6EH
Received 18 Nov 2020Crofters 3 Ingleby Paddocks Enslow OX5 3ET
Received 21 Sept 2021South Ridge St Thomas Street Deddington OX15 0SY
Received 1 Aug 20198 Avon Crescent Bicester OX26 2LZ
Received 14 Jun 2024Wharf Farm Cottage Wharf Lane Souldern Bicester OX27 7LE
Received 22 Jun 2018OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Banbury
Received 21 Feb 2024Jacobs Douwe Edberts Ruscote Avenue Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2QU
Received 28 Jun 202222 Benmead Road Kidlington OX5 2DA
Received 6 Dec 2018Pound Farm Blackthorn OX25 1TE
Received 30 Jan 202038 Centre Street Banbury OX16 3LQ
Received 4 Nov 2021Wave 5 Plot 126 Graven Hill Circular Road Ambrosden
Received 16 Nov 2017Crouch Farm Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9UN
Received 9 Dec 2019Land To The South And Adj To South Side Steeple Aston
Received 2 Jul 202151 Fergusson Road Banbury OX16 3HH
Received 31 Jul 202329 Margaret Close Banbury OX16 0QE
Received 5 Nov 2025Waters Edge Hollow Road Lower Tadmarton Banbury OX15 5SS
Received 19 Oct 2018Point To Point Farm Claydon Road Mollington Banbury OX17 1QE
Received 6 Mar 2018Hook Norton Brewery Brewery Lane Hook Norton OX15 5NY
Received 23 Nov 2020Janet Blunt House Greenhill Twyford
Received 23 Apr 202629 Murdock Road Bicester OX26 4PP
Received 18 Apr 2019The Manor Barn Manor Road Great Bourton Banbury OX17 1QT
Received 27 Mar 2018Pingle Cottage Priory Lane Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6BL
Received 10 Jan 2023Tregarthens Courtington Lane Bloxham OX15 4PR
Received 11 Jun 2021Records 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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