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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
34,219Searchable applications
1,763Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,526 approved or refused records
2,600Refused applications

25,926 approved · 2,600 refused · 1,555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Dec 2014 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted17/02194/F

    Two storey side extension

    13 Larksfield Road Banbury OX16 9EG

    Received 30 Oct 2017
  2. Application Permitted16/00101/NMA

    Setting back of units 130/131 by 3.050m on the Mall frontage, toilets to rear units setback by same distance, extension of access corridor to toilets and changes to external appearance of entrances to corridor (Proposed Non-Material Amendments to 16/01562/F)

    Former Tesco Pingle Drive Bicester OX26 6WA

    Received 2 Dec 2016
  3. Application Permitted23/00958/F

    Ground floor front single storey extension and conversion of existing garage

    31 Whitley Crescent Bicester OX26 4XP

    Received 11 Apr 2023
  4. Screening Opinion Not Requesting EIA17/00093/SO

    Reserved Matters to 13/00847/OUT - Informal open space / balancing pond south of Vendee Drive. The outline application was subject to an environmental impact assessment and an environmental statement was submitted with the application.

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

    Received 7 Dec 2017
  5. Appeal Dismissed (Against Refusal)21/03726/F

    Demolition of existing lean-to structure, erect new single storey extension. Convert existing 3-bed chalet-style house into 3 no separate apartments with off-road parking - re-submission of 21/01654/F

    123 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2NP

    Received 3 Nov 2021
  6. Application Permitted16/00019/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 12 (Traffic Management Plan) of 12/00809F

    Kings Park Kings End Bicester

    Received 21 Jan 2016
  7. No Objections23/02844/TEL

    Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - installation of 1 x 10M light wooden pole and 1 x 11M medium wooden pole

    Street record Wiilow End and Sycamore Road Ambrosden

    Received 12 Oct 2023
  8. Application Permitted16/00325/TCA

    G1 x Lawson Cypress x 1 twin stem Lawson plus x 1 Elwood cypress - Remove to ground level

    Dyers Farm Horn Hill Barford St Michael Banbury OX15 0RQ

    Received 9 Nov 2016
  9. Application Refused21/03852/LB

    RETROSPECTIVE - Like-for-like replacement of timber sash windows with thin double glazed panes

    Rock Cottage The Hill Souldern OX27 7JE

    Received 16 Nov 2021
  10. Application Permitted20/00877/DISC

    Discharge conditions 7 (Method Statement for the proposed works to roof) and 8 (Method Statement for the proposed works to the exterior stone walls) of 19/01250/LB

    63 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE

    Received 25 Mar 2020
  11. Application Permitted25/01581/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the construction of a single storey rear extension to a detached residential dwelling

    114 Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5AG

    Received 16 Jun 2025
  12. Application Refused16/01413/F

    Erection of 1 No dwellinghouse to replace existing building (permitted for use as a dwelling under 15/00244/PAMB)

    Barn West Of North Aston Somerton Road North Aston Oxfordshire

    Received 14 Jul 2016
  13. Application Permitted22/02380/F

    Alterations to and conversion of an existing agricultural Barn to a single Dwelling house (Note: previously approved under Class 'Q' for residential use).

    Mole End Barn Part Of Os Parcel 5900 South of North Newington Road Broughton

    Received 5 Aug 2022
  14. Application Permitted20/01387/DISC

    Discharge of condition 4 (archaeological watching brief) of 20/00681/LB

    The Old Vicarage Church Street Bicester OX26 6AY

    Received 29 May 2020
  15. Application Permitted20/01152/DISC

    Partial Discharge of condition 9b (Written Scheme of Investigation) of 18/01430/TWAO relating to Land West of Bicester By-Pass, Mill Meadow

    East West Rail Network Phase 2 The Scheme Railway From London Road Bicester To Station Road Launton

    Received 1 May 2020
  16. Application Permitted21/00895/F

    Erection of a new timber framed car port on existing driveway

    16 Poppylands Bicester OX26 3ZP

    Received 16 Mar 2021
  17. Application Permitted25/02025/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Tree Protection Plan/Arboricultural Method Statement) of 25/00671/F

    61 Easington Road Banbury OX16 9HJ

    Received 5 Aug 2025
  18. Application Permitted18/01302/F

    Erection of a dwelling to replace barn with permission for conversion (17/01767/Q56)

    Fant Hill Farm Barn Hayway Lane Hook Norton

    Received 19 Jul 2018
  19. Determined Application17/00003/CDISC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (restoration scheme) of 16/01647/CM

    Alkerton Waste Recycling Centre Alkerton Banbury OX15 6NL

    Received 25 Sept 2017
  20. Application Permitted26/01145/TCA

    T1 Walnut - prune canopy by 2 metres (20% reduction) T2 Plum - Crown reduction by 2 metres T3 Yew - Crown reduction by 3.5 metres T4 Hawthorn - Crown reduction by 2 metres T5 Contorted Willow - top by 2 metres and light thinning

    Palmer House Main Street Hethe OX27 8ES

    Received 23 Jul 2026
  21. Application Permitted22/02913/DISC

    Discharge of condition 29 (lighting report/layout) of 19/02126/F

    Hanwell Chase Phase 3 East of Warwick Road Banbury

    Received 23 Sept 2022
  22. Application Permitted16/00395/F

    Surfaced manége measuring 50m x 25m

    Land East Of 0070 And Rear Of Plummers Ridge Farm Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire

    Received 26 Feb 2016
  23. Application Permitted22/03283/F

    Single storey rear extension and dormer to rear roof elevation with related works

    22 Rookery Close Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BA

    Received 28 Oct 2022
  24. Application Permitted20/03630/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 12 (landscaping scheme), 18 (Sustainable Drainage), 20 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan (LEMP)), 21 (external lighting) and 22 (electrical vehicle charging) of 19/01740/HYBRID

    Land Adj To Promised Land Farm Wendlebury Road Chesterton

    Received 18 Dec 2020

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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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