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Cherwell District Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Cherwell District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
16,575Searchable applications
1,325Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 13,691 approved or refused records
1,303Refused applications

12,388 approved · 1,303 refused · 571 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas60 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

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  1. Application Permitted23/03607/F

    External works comprising the erection of two aluminium framed pergolas to replace existing marquee to the rear, installation of an external bar unit, external canopy, additional seating, external lighting, new landscaping, supplementary planting and other associated works

    Cromwell Lodge Hotel 9-11 North Bar Street Banbury OX16 0TB

    Received 22 Dec 2023
  2. Application Permitted24/00145/F

    Conversion of house to two flats

    7 Albert Street Banbury OX16 5DG

    Received 18 Jan 2024
  3. Application Permitted25/02563/F

    Single storey rear extension; hip-to-gable roof extension at the rear, including removal of existing dormer.

    44 Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LF

    Received 29 Sept 2025
  4. No Objections24/00333/CDISC

    Details pursuant to Condition 4 (Dust management plan) of planning permission no. (R3.0001/22) - R3.0016/24

    Amey Rail Station Approach Banbury OX16 5AB

    Received 7 Feb 2024
  5. Application Permitted25/02602/F

    Part single-storey, part double-storey rear extension, first floor extension to the side and erection of car port

    Wroxton Grange Church Street Wroxton OX15 6QE

    Received 3 Oct 2025
  6. Application Permitted22/00531/LB

    Proposed demolition and replacement of modern interventions to the front of house and proposed demolition and replacement of rear conservatory with new single storey modern extension

    Little Manor Manor Road Adderbury OX17 3EL

    Received 22 Feb 2022
  7. Application Permitted25/02729/TCA

    T1 Apple- reduce back to previous points (2.5m)

    St Peters Cottage South Side Steeple Aston OX25 4RT

    Received 16 Oct 2025
  8. Application Permitted21/03168/TCA

    T1x Apple - re-reduction of the tree back to previous (approximately 2.5 metres).

    The Forge Middle Hill Hook Norton OX15 5PL

    Received 15 Sept 2021
  9. Application Withdrawn23/02255/F

    Alterations to and conversion of 3 no. existing barns to form 3 no. residential dwellinghouses

    Field Farm Stratton Audley Road Stoke Lyne Bicester OX27 8FT

    Received 14 Aug 2023
  10. Application Permitted22/02235/F

    Erection of a new agricultural building with associated access track and hardstanding yard

    Field North East And Adjacent The Old Nursery Brill Road Horton Cum Studley

    Received 26 Jul 2022
  11. Application Permitted23/02224/F

    Works to the decking including the stripping out of the existing decking inclusive of timber frame, timber decking joists, wall plates and timber decking boards. The existing decking is to be replaced utilising a suspended Steel Gratings - Heel-Proof decking system. The painted steel railings are to be removed and refixed

    1 Rotary Way Banbury OX16 1ER

    Received 10 Aug 2023
  12. Application Permitted21/03832/TCA

    T1 x Willow up 2m by reducing secondary stems,side facing property due to leaning.

    38 School Road Kidlington OX5 2HB

    Received 11 Nov 2021
  13. Under Consultation26/02428/F

    Retrospective removal of two changing room sheds and erection of a timber-framed changing room building.

    Adderbury Bowls Club Oxford Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3JB

    Received 21 Sept 2026
  14. Application Permitted22/03088/F

    Demolition of existing dwelling and ancillary buildings and replacement with new dwelling and garage building, associated landscaping and alterations to access

    Manor House Islip Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DP

    Received 10 Oct 2022
  15. Application Permitted24/03018/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Materials - partial discharge relating to Buildings B & A and amenity building only) and 4 (Landscaping Scheme) of 23/00517/F

    New Science Park Land West Of The Junction With The Boulevard Oxford Airport Langford Lane Kidlington

    Received 8 Nov 2024
  16. Application Permitted26/01155/F

    Two storey side extension

    97 Woodfield Banbury OX16 1PY

    Received 6 May 2026
  17. Application Permitted22/03068/TCA

    T1 x Large Sycamore tree - Crown thin up to 20% and crown reduction up to 3m. Grown very tall and very near neighbour's house, The Avon. T2 - T3 x Beech trees - At top of bank right on edge of border with neighbour's boundary (1 Unicorn Street). The two beeches are growing very close together and branches are overhanging neighbour's garden. Propose doing crown lift to remove branches that are overhanging neighbour's garden and which are growing close to power lines, plus reducing crown by 3 metres. T4 x Salix Caprea - Fell. The tree has grown huge and is blocking light and damaging surrounding apple trees along the path and at the top of the bank.

    The Knoll Little Bridge Road Bloxham OX15 4PU

    Received 7 Oct 2022
  18. Application Permitted21/01401/DISC

    Partial discharge of conditions 8 (Energy Statement), 9 (surface water disposal), 18 (vehicular accesses, driveways and turning areas), 19 (surface water discharge), 26 (finished floor levels) & 28 (service trenches, pipe runs or drains) of 13/00433/OUT relating to part parcel KMF

    Land South West Of Bicester Adjoining Oxford Road And Middleton Stoney Road Bicester

    Received 20 Apr 2021
  19. Application Permitted25/00137/F

    New porch, conversion of garage to living room with crown roof and rear extension with crown roof

    27 Grimsbury Drive Banbury OX16 3HN

    Received 20 Jan 2025
  20. Application Permitted25/01033/F

    Installation of an air source heat pump

    6 Lawrence Close Banbury OX16 2DR

    Received 16 Apr 2025
  21. Determined Application26/01066/TEL

    Installation of replacement telecommunications apparatus

    Telecommunications Mast Ox0021 Adjacent Bicester Avenue Garden Centre Oxford Road Bicester

    Received 27 Apr 2026
  22. Application Permitted22/03670/F

    Variation of condition 2 (plans) of 22/01985/F - the applicant would like to play padel tennis rather than lawn tennis. This requires a change to the design approved in application 22/01985/F

    Adderbury Hill Barn Milton Road Adderbury OX17 3HN

    Received 7 Dec 2022
  23. Application Refused24/01289/LB

    Removal of painted wooden windows and doors, and replace with new painted hardwood units to north and south elevations (re-submission of 23/02351/LB)

    Church View Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JL

    Received 8 May 2024
  24. Application Permitted23/02853/F

    Loft conversion with dormers and rooflight. 1 x window installed to first floor bedroom one

    77 Kempton Close Bicester OX26 1AD

    Received 12 Oct 2023

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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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