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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
26,133Searchable applications
1,682Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 21,793 approved or refused records
1,912Refused applications

19,881 approved · 1,912 refused · 1,031 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 2015 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

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 Permitted21/02601/F

    Installation of 1 No conservation roof light in roof of listed office building

    50 South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AB

    Received 30 Jul 2021
  2. Application Permitted20/03221/TCA

    T1 x Conifer crowded by adjacent trees resulting in an asymmetrical growth pattern (85% of crown overhangs private neighbours garden shed) - Fell as low to ground as possible.

    48 Kings Road Banbury OX16 0DJ

    Received 13 Nov 2020
  3. Application Permitted22/02400/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (slates), 4 (doors & windows) and 5 (bike rack) of 22/01426/F

    2 Woodstock Road Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PJ

    Received 8 Aug 2022
  4. Application Refused25/00399/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 7 (doors and windows) and partial discharge of Condition 3 (stone sample panel) of 24/01880/LB

    North Arms House Mills Lane Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6PY

    Received 17 Feb 2025
  5. Application Permitted20/00759/F

    Demolition of existing single storey side extension and erection of single storey front and two storey side extension

    Candleford 2 Heyford Road Steeple Aston OX25 4SH

    Received 12 Mar 2020
  6. Screening Opinion Not Requesting EIA20/00360/SO

    Screening opinion to 20/00285/F - Construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic ('PV') farm, with battery storage and other associated infrastructure including inverters, security cameras, fencing, access tracks and landscaping

    OS Parcel 6086 Adjacent And North West Of Railway Line Ploughley Road Arncott

    Received 3 Feb 2020
  7. Application Permitted21/01386/F

    Replacement of all windows - Cream uPVC flush casement; replacement of front and back doors - front door Sage green composite, back door cream composite; installation of bifold doors to the rear of the property - cream; installation of external log burning flue to the rear of the property

    1 Church Lane Mollington OX17 1AZ

    Received 20 Apr 2021
  8. Application Permitted25/00614/LB

    Internal re-configuration at first floor to provide an additional bedroom

    5 Bletchingdon Park Stables Church End Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DN

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  9. Application Permitted23/03210/F

    Alteration to shop front

    5 Barberry Place Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 3HA

    Received 16 Nov 2023
  10. Application Permitted18/02123/F

    Garden room and extension to garage including pitched roof

    Victoria House Horse Fair Deddington Banbury OX15 0SH

    Received 7 Dec 2018
  11. Application Withdrawn21/04298/OUT

    Outline application for erection of 2 dwelling houses including consideration of access, scale, layout and appearance (landscaping reserved)

    Little Acre Main Road Milcombe Banbury OX15 4RU

    Received 30 Dec 2021
  12. Application Withdrawn21/00631/LB

    Low single-storey outbuilding and swimming pool forming part of the residential dwelling within a new walled garden

    Westway House Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EU

    Received 24 Feb 2021
  13. Application Permitted25/01916/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (sample stone panel) and 4 (sample of tile/slate) of 24/03377/F

    Spring Cottage Main Street North Newington Oxfordshire OX15 6AJ

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  14. Application Permitted21/01837/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for erection of a new outbuilding in the rear garden to be used for recreational use, which is ancillary to the main dwelling house

    38 Bear Garden Road Banbury OX16 9PH

    Received 24 May 2021
  15. Application Refused22/02245/DISC

    Discharge of condition 3 (doors, windows & rooflights) of 20/02981/F

    Merriemakers Horton Hill Horton Cum Studley Oxfordshire OX33 1AU

    Received 14 Jul 2022
  16. Application Permitted23/01584/F

    Single storey rear extension

    13 Perth Road Bicester OX26 1AR

    Received 12 Jun 2023
  17. Application Permitted24/01759/F

    Variation of Condition 2 of 22/02162/F - amendments to rooflights in the barnyard building and stables loft and reconfiguration of stairs to the stable loft, and reduction of the barnyard building footprint and height

    Wardington Manor Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SW

    Received 1 Jul 2024
  18. Application Permitted23/00887/F

    Conservatory to rear (retrospective). Replacement of polycarbonate roof with Edwardian style, lightweight tiled roof.

    Avon Cottage Chapel Lane Little Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1RQ

    Received 31 Mar 2023
  19. Application Permitted24/03415/F

    Single storey side extension to form garage and utility room. Brick paviours to frontage for two car parking spaces.

    20 Montgomery Road Caversfield OX27 8FG

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  20. Application Permitted23/01026/TCA

    T2 x - Weeping Ash - to remove dangerous limb over road T3 x Lawson Cypress No 4 - to fell and make way for new planting

    Beech House High Street Cropredy Banbury OX17 1NG

    Received 19 Apr 2023
  21. Application Permitted24/00924/F

    Conversion of existing garage and associated internal and external works

    Kingsclere Cottage Station Road Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5PE

    Received 5 Apr 2024
  22. Application Permitted18/01484/F

    Proposed front porch and side single storey extension

    36 Fairhaven Road Caversfield Bicester OX27 8TX

    Received 20 Aug 2018
  23. Application Permitted18/01966/F

    Formation of manege for exercising horses

    Lodge Farm 71 East Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QF

    Received 13 Nov 2018
  24. Application Permitted18/02058/F

    Extensions to house

    Pondockie Oddington Kidlington OX5 2RA

    Received 28 Nov 2018

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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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