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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.
23,469 approved · 2,288 refused · 1,289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Cottage Chapel Lane Milton Oxfordshire OX15 4HH
Received 3 May 2024Street Record High Furlong Banbury
Received 29 Jul 2026Land Off Bicester Road A43 Gosford Oxfordshire
Received 5 Jun 20205 Timms Road Banbury OX16 9DJ
Received 24 Apr 2017St Mary Magdalene Church Shutford Road Balscote
Received 12 Aug 2017Premier Bathrooms 77 Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LD
Received 30 Sept 202428A Spring Hill Road Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1RX
Received 11 Nov 20222 Cherwell Street Banbury OX16 2BB
Received 15 Sept 2025Haynes Court Kingsclere Road Bicester OX26 2GF
Received 8 May 2024The Old Farmyard, Dairy Cottage High Street South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JW
Received 4 Jan 2024Land East Of Bicester Village (Phase 3) Pingle Drive Bicester
Received 2 May 2017Land East Of Ploughley Road Ambrosden
Received 20 Sept 202223 Benson Close Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 4FQ
Received 22 Apr 2022East West Rail Network Phase 2 The Scheme Railway From London Road Bicester To Station Road Launton
Received 10 Jun 2020The Forge North Green Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3JZ
Received 6 Jan 202675 High Street Banbury OX16 5JG
Received 21 Apr 2023Community Hall Sterling Court Banbury
Received 5 Mar 2018Land North Of Ambulance Station Cope Road Banbury
Received 16 Mar 2022Land Between The Causeway And Bryan House Known As Vine Cottages And 17 Causeway Bicester
Received 15 Jun 202053A White Way Kidlington OX5 2XA
Received 18 Aug 20263 Watercress Close Bodicote Banbury OX15 4EH
Received 10 Nov 2022St Mary Magdalene Church Street From Banbury Road To Mount Pleasant Wardington OX17 1RS
Received 2 Jun 202111 Winchester Close Banbury OX16 4FU
Received 10 Jun 2020The Old Post Office 23 Main Street Wroxton OX15 6PT
Received 19 Jul 2019Records 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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