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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.
23,516 approved · 2,294 refused · 1,291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cotefield Business Park Oxford Road Bodicote
Received 17 Jun 2020Street Record Buckingham Road Bicester
Received 10 Mar 2021102 Middleton Road Banbury OX16 4QU
Received 9 Jul 201838 Ferriston Banbury OX16 1XE
Received 3 Jul 201916 Broad Street Banbury
Received 24 Jun 201910 Cherry Walk Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2BZ
Received 6 Sept 2019Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DW
Received 31 Jul 2018The Gate Hangs High Tadmarton Heath Road Hook Norton OX15 5DF
Received 18 Sept 2026Malthouse Farm North Aston Road Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JG
Received 12 Oct 202314 Gibbs Road Banbury OX16 3HJ
Received 16 Jun 2020Old School Church Lane Mixbury Oxfordshire NN13 5RP
Received 8 Jun 2022Begbroke Science Park Begbroke Hill Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1PF
Received 2 Mar 2018Horton General Hospital Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AL
Received 4 Jul 2018The Old Almshouse Kenhill Road Shenington Oxfordshire OX15 6NQ
Received 19 Feb 2025Jacobs Douwe Egberts Ruscote Avenue Banbury OX16 2QU
Received 17 Mar 2023Longford Park Parcel F Adjacent To Bankside Banbury
Received 29 Nov 2019Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 16 Jun 2017Moorland Burycroft Road Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5PR
Received 13 Sept 201711 Prescott Close Banbury OX16 0RD
Received 23 Oct 2020Pargeters House Merrivales Lane Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4ER
Received 10 Aug 20262 Farmfield Road Banbury OX16 9AP
Received 31 Jan 201735 Park End Bodicote OX15 4DF
Received 2 Oct 2018Land adjacent to 30 Heather Road Bicester OX26 3YU
Received 16 Sept 2020Former 2 Chapmans Lane Deddington OX15 0SU
Received 21 Dec 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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