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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
27,400Searchable applications
1,686Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 22,829 approved or refused records
2,003Refused applications

20,826 approved · 2,003 refused · 1,094 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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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More application records

  1. Application Permitted23/00663/F

    New 3 bay oak framed garage (amendments to previously approved scheme 22/00168/F)

    Side Acre Queen Street Bloxham OX15 4QQ

    Received 13 Mar 2023
  2. Prior Approval Not Required23/00809/HPA

    Single storey rear extension - length 5m, height to eaves 2.50m, overall height 2.50m

    49 Maple Avenue Kidlington OX5 1HN

    Received 27 Mar 2023
  3. Application Permitted23/00108/TCA

    G1 x Hawthorns and Rowan - Crown lift each tree to up to 2 metres above ground level. remove of epicormic growth from stems up to 2 metres above ground level.

    War Memorial Green High Street Bloxham

    Received 16 Jan 2023
  4. Under Consultation25/01771/M106

    Modification of Section 106 dated 21st March 2022 : - Amend the enforceability clause so that the Registered Provider and their mortgagee are also excluded from the non-Affordable Housing provisions - Remove the reference to the open market dwellings on the site being identified on the Affordable Housing Plan as units N5, N6, N7 and N8 and the requirement for them to remain general market housing available on the open market. This is to enable these units to instead be delivered as Affordable Housing

    Greencore Land South And Adj To Cascade Road Hook Norton OX15 5FH

    Received 8 Jul 2025
  5. Application Withdrawn21/04098/F

    Demolition of concrete extension, creation of replacement stone single-storey extension and new windows within the existing building at first floor level

    Letter Box Cottage Mead Road Barford St John Banbury OX15 0PW

    Received 7 Dec 2021
  6. Application Permitted23/01794/F

    A new highway entrance to land at Godington

    OS Parcel 6600 Land West Of Godington Hall Street Through Godington Godington

    Received 29 Jun 2023
  7. Application Permitted18/00622/REM

    Reserved matters to 13/00847/OUT - Southern section of the spine road

    Phase 2 SW Bicester Parcel 7849 North Of Whitelands Farm Adjoining Middleton Stoney Road Bicester

    Received 11 Apr 2018
  8. Application Permitted24/01614/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) of 22/03741/F (APP/C3105/W/23/3324251)

    Land Adj To Wise Crescent Opposite The Laurels Fringford

    Received 14 Jun 2024
  9. Application Permitted23/00890/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 9 (stone sample panel), 10 (timber cladding sample), 11 (slate sample), 13 (construction details) and 22 (ducting scheme) of 22/01946/F

    Land South And Adj To Cascade Road Hook Norton

    Received 31 Mar 2023
  10. Application Refused26/02180/PIP

    Permission in Principle for residential development of 7-9 dwellings

    Land West Of Valentia Close Adj To Station Road Bletchingdon

    Received 20 Aug 2026
  11. Application Permitted25/00120/F

    First floor extension to the side over existing single storey

    63 Hudson Street Bicester OX26 2ET

    Received 17 Jan 2025
  12. Appeal Dismissed (Against Refusal)20/03419/F

    RETROSPECTIVE - uPVC rear conservatory.

    18 Boxhedge Road Banbury OX16 0BP

    Received 30 Nov 2020
  13. Application Permitted25/03338/F

    Proposed first floor balcony

    160 Ravencroft Bicester OX26 6YF

    Received 23 Dec 2025
  14. Application Permitted21/03272/F

    Single storey rear extension to Church Cottage; alteration to existing rear terrace, removal of oil tank; and replacement of existing windows.

    Church Cottage Wardington OX17 1RU

    Received 24 Sept 2021
  15. Application Permitted21/03209/TCA

    T1 x Variegated Sycamore at Fleet Farm House - Reduce crown spread overhanging garden, to include: •Remove x 3 lower branches overhanging garden. •Reduce the remaining eastern crown spread over garden by up to 2.5 metres in branch length to suitable growth points. •Remove major overhanging deadwood (exempt).

    Fleet Farm House Aynho Road Adderbury OX17 3NJ

    Received 21 Sept 2021
  16. Application Permitted21/00134/F

    Garage/car port with solar array

    The Dairy Shed Ardley Road Bucknell OX27 7HW

    Received 14 Jan 2021
  17. Application Permitted25/00108/DISC

    PARTIAL DISCHARGE of Condition 10 part 2 (Phased Biodiversity Strategy Statement and Net Biodiversity Gain) of 14/02121/OUT (as amended by 22/03492/NMA) for Phase 2A

    Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Phase 2A Middleton Stoney Road Bicester

    Received 17 Jan 2025
  18. Application Permitted20/03054/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (first floor doorway) of 20/00291/F

    32A High Street Banbury OX16 5ER

    Received 27 Oct 2020
  19. Under Consultation22/01894/TPO

    T1 - Walnut – 30% Crown reduction and removal of any dead branches – Subject to TPO 03/2005

    2 White Horses Close Bodicote Oxfordshire OX15 4FJ

    Received 27 Jun 2022
  20. Application Permitted20/00110/F

    Single storey rear extension

    The Old Farmhouse Main Street Hanwell Banbury OX17 1HN

    Received 20 Jan 2020
  21. Application Permitted19/02018/F

    Proposed single storey rear extensions with associated internal and external works

    87 Mold Crescent Banbury OX16 0ER

    Received 23 Sept 2019
  22. Application Refused24/01143/F

    Change of use of vacant land presently used for ad hoc storage to provide additional external B2/B8 storage area

    Wendlebury Park Farm Wendlebury Road Chesterton Bicester OX25 2PE

    Received 25 Apr 2024
  23. Application Permitted20/00502/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed - single storey rear extension

    70 Cherry Close Kidlington OX5 1HJ

    Received 19 Feb 2020
  24. Application Permitted25/01877/F

    Wraparound extension comprising a single-storey side extension with gable roof and rooflight, single-storey rear extension, and installation of two rooflights on south-facing roof slope and 6 solar panels on the (western) front-facing roof slope

    64 Jenkinson Road Banbury OX16 1JL

    Received 18 Jul 2025

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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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