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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.
23,573 approved · 2,295 refused · 1,298 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Banks Furlong Chesterton Bicester OX26 1UG
Received 7 Feb 20237 Stroud Close Banbury OX16 3ZN
Received 4 Dec 2017Milestone Cottage 3 North Lane Weston On The Green Oxfordshire OX25 3RG
Received 5 Sept 2022Holly Tree Cottage Merton Road Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2LZ
Received 28 Nov 202218 Sinclair Avenue Banbury OX16 1DW
Received 28 Nov 2023OS Parcel 3489 Adjoining And South West Of B4011 Allectus Avenue Ambrosden
Received 18 Jul 20247 St Marys Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3EZ
Received 30 Jan 2017Whatley Hall Hotel 17-19 Horse Fair Banbury OX16 0AN
Received 20 Feb 2026Hardwick Hill Southam Road Banbury
Received 21 Nov 2019OS Parcel 1500 Adjoining Parish Boundry And West Of Southam Road Banbury
Received 20 Jul 2023Phase 9, Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD
Received 2 May 2023Land Adjoining And West Of Stonecroft House Clifton Road Deddington
Received 2 Dec 2020Bayberry Clinic Orchard House Church Lane Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PN
Received 26 Jul 201747- 48 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TH
Received 11 Sept 2025Bicester Village Pingle Drive Bicester
Received 4 Oct 2022Flat Above 1 Heath Court Queen Street Hook Norton OX15 5EG
Received 13 Jan 20223 The Green Horton Cum Studley OX33 1AE
Received 3 Sept 2021Wave 3 Plot 158 Graven Hill Circular Road Ambrosden
Received 23 May 2019Land North And South Of Pingle Drive Bicester
Received 4 Feb 2025Formerly 2 Whitelands Farm Cottages Street From Middleton Stoney Road To Whitelands Farm Chesterton Bicester OX26 1RS
Received 18 Jan 2018The Old Malthouse St Johns Road Banbury
Received 11 Sept 2019Little End Cottage Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5SL
Received 9 Mar 202311 Manor Close Great Bourton Banbury OX17 1RA
Received 9 Nov 2022Kamala House North Lane Weston On The Green Bicester OX25 3RG
Received 30 May 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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