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Cherwell planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Cherwell District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Cherwell website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
33,411Searchable applications
1,763Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,883 approved or refused records
2,531Refused applications

25,352 approved · 2,531 refused · 1,489 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Apr 2015 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Local Plan Review ExaminationPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas What is a conservation area?

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 Permitted21/03816/F

    Single storey rear extension and new front porch

    381 Bretch Hill Banbury OX16 0JA

    Received 12 Nov 2021
  2. Application Permitted17/00419/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) of 17/01346/F

    Merton Grounds Farm Langford Lane Merton Bicester OX25 2NS

    Received 18 Aug 2017
  3. Application Permitted22/00260/F

    Creation of a side conservatory on each of the properties of 1 and 2 Almshouses with the organisation of external amenity space to accommodate bin storage.

    Almshouses North Side Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SE

    Received 25 Jan 2022
  4. Application Permitted22/00883/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 5 (ventilation) of 19/02440/F

    82 High Street Banbury OX16 5JG

    Received 14 Sept 2021
  5. Application Permitted20/03193/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for a single storey rear extension

    136 Bath Road Banbury OX16 0TR

    Received 10 Nov 2020
  6. Application Permitted21/03096/TCA

    T1 x Sycamore - Fell to ground level as tree is in a poor location, now in an over mature state and showing signs of decline.

    Magdalen Lodge High Street Hook Norton OX15 5NH

    Received 9 Sept 2021
  7. Prior Approval Not Required18/01655/HPA

    Single storey rear extension to create additional dining and living accommodation - height to eaves 3.8m, overall height 3.8m, length 8.0m

    Pondockie Street From Oddington To Islip Oddington Kidlington OX5 2RA

    Received 18 Sept 2018
  8. Application Permitted21/01264/CC

    New detached 3 bedroom, timber construction house. - Plot 330 (Community Street)

    25 East Circular Road Graven Hill Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2BJ

    Received 9 Apr 2021
  9. Application Permitted21/02305/F

    SIngle storey rear extension

    Plush Mill Cottage West Street Shutford OX15 6PH

    Received 2 Jul 2021
  10. Application Permitted21/01251/F

    Change of use of former dairy farm buildings to provide stables; indoor manege; outdoor manege; tack rooms for the purposes of providing livery and as a riding school; equestrian retail unit; provision of vehicle and trailer parking area associated operational development.

    Rectory Farm Back Lane Epwell OX15 6LG

    Received 8 Apr 2021
  11. Application Permitted21/02287/OBL

    Discharge of schedule 2 paragraph 1 (public open space scheme) – of S106 relating to 20/01561/F

    The Ley Community Sandy Lane Yarnton OX5 1PB

    Received 25 Jun 2021
  12. Application Permitted20/00017/TCA

    T1 x Yew; supressed form - Remove to ground level as close to stone boundary wall.

    Holly Tree Club Horse Fair Deddington Banbury OX15 0SH

    Received 6 Jan 2020
  13. Application Permitted19/01893/F

    Erection of Garden Room in the South East side of the property.

    41 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2BP

    Received 10 Sept 2019
  14. Application Permitted23/02219/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 11 (phasing plan) of 21/01630/OUT (APP/C3105/W/23/3315849)

    Land North And Adjoining Home Farm Banbury Road B4100 Caversfield

    Received 9 Aug 2023
  15. Application Withdrawn16/02497/F

    Erection of 2 storey building to provide 5 No flats with ancillary car parking including re-arrangement of existing external areas

    Gurkha Village 174 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1EA

    Received 12 Dec 2016
  16. Application Permitted17/02154/F

    Installation of sewage treatment system

    1 The Cottage Blackthorn Hill Blackthorn Bicester OX25 1TJ

    Received 24 Oct 2017
  17. Application Permitted20/01635/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawful Use Proposed for use of land to station a mobile home (granny annexe)

    10 Trefoil Drive Bicester OX26 3AG

    Received 22 Jun 2020
  18. Application Permitted21/01183/F

    Side extension, roof extension and rear extension

    41 Fernhill Road Begbroke OX5 1RR

    Received 2 Apr 2021
  19. Application Permitted18/00743/F

    Proposed two storey extension to side and single storey rear extension

    Holly Cottage Main Road Milcombe Banbury OX15 4RR

    Received 27 Apr 2018
  20. Application Permitted19/00034/DISC

    Discharge Condition 2 (cycle parking facilities) of 18/00633/REM

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

    Received 29 Jan 2019
  21. Application Permitted19/00498/F

    Garage conversion to provide additional kitchen facilities and storage space and car port to existing garage

    131 Kempton Close Bicester OX26 1AD

    Received 20 Mar 2019
  22. Application Permitted23/02719/F

    Installation of external render system and stone cladding to existing house. Facing of the existing extension and garage in stone, externally insulating, re-roofing and creating new openings. The addition of a new garage building on the site of an old large shed

    Faraday House Woodway Road Sibford Ferris Oxfordshire OX15 5RF

    Received 2 Oct 2023
  23. Prior Approval Not Required19/00922/AGN

    A new machinery building to store machinery in throughout the year

    OS Parcel 5034 Adjoining And South East Of Railway Line North East Of M40 Merton

    Received 20 May 2019
  24. Application Permitted17/00572/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (curtilage) of 17/01213/F

    The Quarries Quarry Road Hornton Banbury OX15 6DF

    Received 4 Dec 2017

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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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