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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
19,417Searchable applications
1,559Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 15,978 approved or refused records
1,519Refused applications

14,459 approved · 1,519 refused · 717 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. Application Permitted22/01758/REM

    Reserved Matters application to 21/00766/OUT - Details of access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping

    Varneys Garage Quarry Road Hornton Oxfordshire OX15 6DF

    Received 14 Jun 2022
  2. Application Permitted23/02306/F

    Partial demolition of existing rear lobby and erection of new extension

    Duckets House Paines Hill Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SQ

    Received 18 Aug 2023
  3. Application Permitted24/01029/F

    Single storey front porch extension and a two storey rear extension

    3 Hempton Road Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0QH

    Received 16 Apr 2024
  4. Application Refused26/01746/NMA

    Change of Materials. Timber / Brick - all matching the existing materials and colour. Brick - Timber composite Cladding - Match existing in colour. (proposed as non material amendment to 25/00879/F)

    6 Jasmine Place Bicester OX26 3UT

    Received 7 Jul 2026
  5. Application Permitted20/01264/F

    Single storey rear/side extension, garage conversion and first floor front extension.

    13 Windmill Avenue Bicester OX26 3DX

    Received 14 May 2020
  6. Application Permitted24/03033/TCA

    Apple (T1) - reduce to approximately 4.5 metres in height. hawthorn (T2) - removal

    Vine Cottage Main Street Hanwell OX17 1HW

    Received 11 Nov 2024
  7. Application Permitted20/01653/CLUE

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for use of the agricultural land surrounding Tythefield as residential garden

    Tythefield Manor Farm Noke Oxford OX3 9TU

    Received 23 Jun 2020
  8. Application Permitted22/03181/TCA

    G1 x Mixed conifer specie hedge - remove

    Bristow House Broad Gap Bodicote Oxfordshire OX15 4DD

    Received 19 Oct 2022
  9. Application Permitted23/03610/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment to 22/02068/REM- Removal of parking bay from road adjacent to Plot 139. Change surface material of vehicle bays located within parking courts from block paving to tarmac (parking court itself remains as block paving)

    OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Bodicote

    Received 27 Dec 2023
  10. Application Permitted20/02225/F

    Single storey rear extension

    2 Mount Pleasant Wardington OX17 1SL

    Received 14 Aug 2020
  11. Application Permitted23/01717/OBL

    Discharge of Schedule 3, Clauses 26 (SUDS & Ecological Management Plan) and 27 (Open Space Scheme) of the S106 Agreement pursuant to Drayton Lodge (outline planning permission 18/01882/OUT, replaced by S73 permission 22/00487/F).

    Land For Proposed Development At Drayton Lodge Farmhouse Warwick Road Banbury

    Received 21 Jun 2023
  12. Application Permitted23/03264/DISC

    Discharge of condition 3 (lift installation method statement) of 23/02036/LB

    Yarnton Manor Church Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PY

    Received 22 Nov 2023
  13. Application Permitted26/01241/LB

    The repair and relocation of GII listed entrance piers, the repair and relocation of curtilage listed gate piers, the relocation of an existing oil tank, erection of a carport, internal and external alterations to the main house, conversion of an existing barn to associated accommodation with landscape and associated works.

    Mansion House Farm Roundhill Road Mollington OX17 1AY

    Received 14 May 2026
  14. Application Permitted22/03205/F

    Erection of single storey dwellinghouse

    Winterbrook House Alchester Road Chesterton Bicester OX26 1UN

    Received 21 Oct 2022
  15. Application Permitted22/02552/F

    Two storey extension at the side and rear, incorporating a single storey element at the rear

    87 Wise Avenue Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2AU

    Received 22 Aug 2022
  16. Application Permitted22/00069/F

    Change of Use from Sui Generis to Class E (to allow for office/showroom), and associated works.

    Building 136 Petrol Tanker Shed Bicester Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester

    Received 11 Jan 2022
  17. Application Permitted25/00974/TCA

    25/04/2025 - Tree Officer confirmed that this can be registered as a normal TCA 11. Weeping ash - to be removed

    Corner House Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DP

    Received 31 Mar 2025
  18. Under Consultation24/01975/TCA_5

    5 Day Notice 1 x Whitebeam - 90% Dead in Public Area - To be removed

    Street Record Foxhill Lane Souldern

    Received 22 Jul 2024
  19. Application Refused21/00808/F

    Two storey side and single storey extension

    101 Windrush Banbury OX16 1QG

    Received 9 Mar 2021
  20. Application Permitted22/00384/HED

    Old hedge sparse, gappy, rat infestation with burrows amongst stumps and roots. Propose remove old hedge, grub up stumps and rat burrows. Re-fence boundary alongside highway verge and replant hedge

    Top Dawkins Farm Chacombe Road Wardington Banbury OX17 2JU

    Received 9 Feb 2022
  21. Application Refused25/00802/F

    Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and subdivision of dwelling to form studio flat at ground floor level

    25 Harlech Close Banbury OX16 0LH

    Received 26 Mar 2025
  22. Application Permitted21/00449/F

    Demolition of the existing dwelling set in a conservation area; replacement with new dwelling and associated external works

    The Old Post Office Bignell View Chesterton OX26 1UQ

    Received 10 Feb 2021
  23. Application Permitted20/03228/F

    Conversion of the first and second floors from office (Use Class B1a) to nine self-contained residential (Use Class C3) Units, insertion of a first floor window and new slate tiles to the roof

    25-26 The Malthouse Bridge Street Banbury

    Received 12 Nov 2020
  24. Application Permitted25/00569/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 5 (Landscaping Scheme) and 8 (provision, landscaping and treatment of the open space and play space) of 22/03063/F

    Land East Of Larsen Road Heyford Park

    Received 5 Mar 2025

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What these statistics cover

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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