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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.
22,808 approved · 2,192 refused · 1,223 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Swift Close Bicester OX26 2YN
Received 31 Jan 2025The Malthouse 25-26 Bridge Street Banbury OX16 5PN
Received 29 Apr 2026Silverdale Weeping Cross Bodicote Banbury OX15 4ED
Received 25 May 2023Land To Rear Of Galingale Close Adjacent To Banbury Road In Bure Park Galingale Close Bicester
Received 22 Apr 20267 Queens Crescent Drayton Banbury OX15 6EJ
Received 24 May 201932 Cherry Road Banbury OX16 0RN
Received 15 Mar 20216 Lake View Cottisford NN13 5ST
Received 31 Oct 2022Peacehaven Manor Farm Lane Balscote Oxfordshire OX15 6JJ
Received 10 Mar 2023Four Winds House Wykham Lane Broughton OX15 5DS
Received 9 Apr 202634 North Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QR
Received 5 Sept 202244 Dashwood Avenue Yarnton OX5 1NJ
Received 21 Apr 2020Cornerstones Tanners Lane Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3ET
Received 20 Jun 2025Part Land East And Adj To Roundabout At Junction Of Bicester Road Launton
Received 13 May 2022St Mary The Virgin Church Church Lane Kirtlington
Received 31 Mar 202156 George Parish Road Banbury OX16 0FN
Received 2 Mar 2023Sands House Moor Lane South Newington Banbury OX15 4JQ
Received 20 Feb 20193 West Bar Street Banbury OX16 9SD
Received 24 Mar 2020Swerbrook Farm Hook Norton Road Wigginton Banbury OX15 4LH
Received 1 Mar 2018Brooklyn Farm Chipping Norton Road Hook Norton Oxfordshire OX15 5NT
Received 14 Dec 2023Access To Cotefield Farm Oxford Road Bodicote
Received 11 Oct 2023Kidlington Green Social Club 1 Green Road Kidlington OX5 2EU
Received 13 Aug 2021OS Parcel 0040 North Of The Old Farmhouse Marsh Gibbon Road Piddington
Received 3 Dec 2024St Peter's Church Mill Lane Drayton Banbury OX15 6EH
Received 18 Jan 2023The Old Post House Camp Road Heyford Park Oxfordshire OX25 5LJ
Received 15 Jul 2022Records 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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