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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.
21,201 approved · 2,031 refused · 1,117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Branksome 2 Park Lane North Newington Oxfordshire OX15 6AD
Received 5 Mar 2026Cedar Lodge North Side Steeple Aston OX25 4SE
Received 23 Mar 202042 Bailey Road Banbury OX16 1HW
Received 15 Mar 20242 Ragnalls Cottages Ragnalls Lane Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1AR
Received 9 Feb 2018Manor Farm Twyford Road Adderbury OX17 3JL
Received 6 Oct 2026Bicester Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester
Received 9 May 2018Piddington Gate Farm Street From Thame Road To Boarstall Piddington Aylesbury HP18 9XA
Received 19 May 2025The Old Cottage Chapel Street Hook Norton OX15 5ND
Received 1 Sept 2020Cherry Orchard Green Lane South Newington Banbury OX15 4JH
Received 22 Sept 202110 Wise Close Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BG
Received 2 Sept 2024Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park OX25 5HD
Received 15 Mar 202210 Dumas Close Bicester OX26 2FT
Received 10 Mar 202550 Edinburgh Way Banbury OX16 0PD
Received 19 Oct 2022The Farmhouse Chilling Place Farm Brill Aylesbury HP18 9UH
Received 14 May 2018Friends Meeting House Temple Mill Road Sibford Gower OX15 5RX
Received 27 Jul 2021The Close 20 High Street Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BS
Received 6 Nov 2018Manor Farm Station Road Hook Norton OX15 5LS
Received 12 Aug 2020East West Rail Network Phase 2 The Scheme Railway From London Road Bicester To Station Road Launton
Received 3 Jul 2020Maple House 25 Broad Field Road Yarnton Oxfordshire OX5 1UL
Received 16 Sept 2026180 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AD
Received 19 Dec 2017Acanthus House 57 Hightown Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9BE
Received 24 Sept 2025Land South East Of Glebe Court Street Heading North West To Stoke Lyne From A4421 Fringford
Received 13 Jul 2018Church Farmhouse Shutford Road Balscote Banbury OX15 6JQ
Received 5 Feb 2018Car Park White Lion Walk Banbury
Received 6 Nov 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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