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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.
21,078 approved · 2,019 refused · 1,109 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pear Tree Cottage West Street Shutford Banbury OX15 6PH
Received 5 Nov 201951 Meadow View Banbury OX16 9SS
Received 25 Jul 2019Starveall Barn Quarry Road Hornton Oxfordshire OX15 6DF
Received 13 Dec 2023Cicerone Church Lane Mollington OX17 1AZ
Received 24 Nov 202047-48 North Bar Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0TH
Received 1 Oct 2024The Yews Main Street Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RT
Received 3 Mar 202011 Middleton Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7LZ
Received 11 Aug 20255 Bletchingdon Park Stables Church End Bletchingdon OX5 3DN
Received 13 Sept 2023Lavender Cottage Hollow Road Lower Tadmarton Banbury OX15 5SS
Received 28 Nov 2018The Old Manor 9 Station Road Cropredy OX17 1PS
Received 19 Mar 2025Church Farm 58 Church Lane Hampton Poyle OX5 2QF
Received 6 Oct 2026The Star Bucknell Road Bicester OX26 2DG
Received 12 Mar 2020Rowleys Food Store 35 The Fairway Banbury OX16 0RR
Received 1 Jun 2020The Old George And Dragon High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UG
Received 26 Jul 2018Souldern House Street Through Souldern Souldern OX27 7LA
Received 31 Jan 2022Church Corns Cottage Church Street Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6QF
Received 30 Sept 202410 Reid Close Banbury OX16 0SZ
Received 26 Oct 2020Lorien Cottage 3 Park Lane Swalcliffe OX15 5ES
Received 7 Dec 2021Wooster Arms The Walk Islip Kidlington OX5 2SD
Received 23 Mar 2022Mckay Trading Estate Station Approach Bicester OX26 6BZ
Received 6 Dec 202410 Stratton Audley Manor Mill Road Stratton Audley OX27 9AR
Received 14 Oct 2019Mallories Cherry Street Stratton Audley OX27 9AA
Received 7 Aug 2025Brooklands Unicorn Street Bloxham OX15 4PX
Received 9 May 202518 Nuffield Drive Banbury OX16 1BX
Received 14 Feb 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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