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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.
22,718 approved · 2,181 refused · 1,222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Bugloss Walk Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 3EB
Received 15 Mar 2022Pioneer Square, Unit Ey1 Bure Place Bicester OX26 6FA
Received 2 Apr 2021Deers Cottage Aston View Somerton OX25 6NP
Received 9 Jun 2025Wykham Church Lane Mollington OX17 1AZ
Received 28 Jan 20213 Wood View Banbury OX16 9FS
Received 2 Feb 2026Idle Hollow Noke Oxford OX3 9TU
Received 26 May 201710 Wood Crescent Graven Hill Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2BD
Received 11 Dec 2018Dashwood Cottage South Green Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HJ
Received 8 Mar 2017Barley Port Middle Aston Lane Middle Aston OX25 5PX
Received 5 Oct 202036 Churchill Road Kidlington OX5 1BN
Received 18 May 202646 Dashwood Avenue Yarnton OX5 1NJ
Received 20 Oct 2020East End House & Stone Wheel Cottage East End Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LG
Received 10 Jul 2020The Park The Shearings Hook Norton OX15 5PT
Received 13 Jul 2026Kelberg Ltd Northampton Road Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3TH
Received 2 Apr 2024Jamar 5 Hightown Leyes Banbury OX16 9NP
Received 14 Dec 2022The Old Butchery St Thomas Street Deddington Banbury OX15 0SY
Received 3 May 20181 New Manor House South Side Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4RR
Received 27 Aug 2026OS Parcels 1200 3100 2000 1981 South Of Salt Way Bloxham Road Banbury
Received 25 Jul 201816 Oak Lane Ambrosden OX25 2SH
Received 22 Jan 20265 Tweed Crescent Bicester OX26 2LY
Received 23 Jul 2019104 Hazel Crescent Kidlington OX5 1EL
Received 14 Jun 20222 Batchelors Row The Lane Hempton Banbury OX15 0QT
Received 22 Feb 2018OS Parcel 0070 Adj And North Of A41 London Road Bicester
Received 21 Apr 2017Phase 2 SW Bicester Parcel 7849 North Of Whitelands Farm Adjoining Middleton Stoney Road Bicester
Received 17 Aug 2018Records 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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