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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.
20,973 approved · 2,010 refused · 1,099 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church View High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ
Received 23 Nov 2018Haymaker Cottage Burycroft Road Hook Norton OX15 5PR
Received 5 Oct 2023OS Parcel 4200 Adjoining And North East Of A4095 And Adjoining And South West Of Howes Lane Bicester
Received 19 Jul 20192 Crouch Street Banbury OX16 9PP
Received 2 Oct 20174 Farm Place East Street Bodicote OX15 4DJ
Received 28 Jul 2021153 Middleton Road Banbury
Received 13 Oct 2017Lark Rise Bicester Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7NE
Received 2 Oct 2018Grey Roofs Kings Road Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4QE
Received 14 Feb 2023Street Record opposite 52 Bridge Street Banbury OX16 5PN
Received 24 Sept 2025Finmere Landfill Site Banbury Road Finmere MK18 4AJ
Received 20 Apr 2026Keechbrook Thorpe Road Wardington OX17 1SR
Received 12 May 2020The Old Post Office Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JR
Received 11 Feb 201923 Deene Close Adderbury OX17 3LD
Received 13 Jul 202029 Rochford Gardens Bicester OX26 4SB
Received 17 Aug 2023124 Camp Road Upper Heyford OX25 5AG
Received 27 Sept 2026St Marys Church Church Lane Charlton On Otmoor OX5 2UA
Received 29 Jan 2025Wardington Manor Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SW
Received 3 Aug 2023Cruck Cottage Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3QH
Received 19 Dec 2018Buckinghams Cottage Church Street Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0UA
Received 2 Feb 2026Bury House 55 Church Street Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2BA
Received 20 Feb 202234 School Road Kidlington OX5 2HB
Received 9 Jul 202412 Sharpes Cottages Station Road Launton Bicester OX26 5BU
Received 8 Oct 20255-19 Austin Way Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DA
Received 29 May 20201 Church Terrace Church Street Bicester OX26 6BA
Received 21 Apr 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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