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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
34,525Searchable applications
1,766Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,780 approved or refused records
2,630Refused applications

26,150 approved · 2,630 refused · 1,571 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted21/00180/DISC

    Discharge of condition 6 (cycle parking) of 19/00441/REM

    Phase 5R Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD

    Received 18 Jan 2021
  2. Application Permitted17/00532/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 5 (garage plan), 6 (arboricultural survey), 7 (arboricultural method statement) and 8 (parking and manoeuvring areas) of 16/02261/F

    Beech House Paines Hill Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SQ

    Received 3 Nov 2017
  3. Application Permitted16/00058/F

    Change of use of abandoned Post Office A1 to C3 (Retrospective)

    Coach House Bungalow Bicester Road Bucknell Bicester OX27 7LP

    Received 12 Jan 2016
  4. Application Permitted22/01473/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (tiles method statement), 4 (tile samples) and 5 (proposed roofing felt) of 22/00701/LB

    Manor House Vicarage Lane Piddington Oxfordshire OX25 1QA

    Received 18 May 2022
  5. Response Sent24/03412/M106

    Modification of Section 106 dated 18 November 2022 to vary the S106 attached to 19/02350/OUT to remove Clause 17 Mortgagee's Consent and delete and replace the wording in Paragraph 3 in the Second Schedule as the wording contains the Owner's borrowing capabilities

    Land at Deerfields Farm Canal Lane Bodicote

    Received 23 Dec 2024
  6. Application Refused21/03266/F

    Site clearance, construction of new site access from the B4100, permanent and temporary internal roads, an internal roundabout and a foul drainage station, diversion of an existing overhead power cable and public right of way, and soft landscaping

    OS Parcel 2636 NW Of Baynards House Ardley

    Received 23 Sept 2021
  7. Application Permitted20/00729/F

    Variation of Condition 9 (rainwater goods) of 18/01918/F - amendment of cast iron rain water goods to be varied to a cast iron effect UPVC product

    Land next to Pear Tree Cottage Main Street North Newington Banbury OX15 6AJ

    Received 10 Mar 2020
  8. Application Permitted19/01272/F

    Conversion of existing garage side elevation and two storey rear extension (retrospective)

    28 Maple Avenue Kidlington OX5 1ES

    Received 11 Jul 2019
  9. Application Permitted16/01819/F

    Natural ironstone extension to rear of property with natural slate roof incorporating 3 No conservation rooflights; internal alterations and removal of timber shed replacement with timber garden studio (revised scheme of 15/00960/F and 16/00978/F)

    Cobb Cottage 5 Mill Lane Adderbury Banbury OX17 3LP

    Received 7 Sept 2016
  10. Application Permitted19/01170/F

    Improvement of community facilities at Wendlebury Village Hall comprising erection of an extension to provide disabled toilet, erection of garage for community mini-bus, installation of bi-fold doors to rear of Hall (Re-submission of 18/01363/F)

    Wendlebury Village Hall Main Street Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PS

    Received 24 Jun 2019
  11. Application Permitted16/02403/F

    Erection of single storey extension to garden room - to re-site a rooflight from the west-facing roof slope of the garden room to the east-facing slope of the room (revised scheme of 15/02355/F)

    West Grange Grange Park Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SR

    Received 28 Nov 2016
  12. Application Permitted18/01772/TPO

    Walnut (T2) - crown reduction by 20%, Sycamore (T3) - removal of branches within 2m of Church Lane House, Sycamore (T4) - fell due to significant rotting and potential risk of falling - Subject to TPO 26/96

    Church Lane House Church Lane Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1PY

    Received 11 Oct 2018
  13. Application Refused21/03230/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (slate sample), 4 (roof structure details) and 5 (rooflights) of 20/00602/F

    Monastery Farm High Street Shutford Banbury OX15 6PQ

    Received 20 Sept 2021
  14. Application Permitted25/01587/F

    Single storey rear extension

    14 Begbroke Lane Begbroke OX5 1RN

    Received 16 Jun 2025
  15. Application Permitted26/01873/NMA

    To amend the wording of Conditions 3, 4 and 5 relating to Great Crested Newts to remove references to a specific District Level Licensing scheme and instead refer more generally to the appropriate Natural England-authorised licensing or mitigation process (proposed as non material amendments of 25/00180/F)

    Bletchingdon Park House Springwell Hill Bletchingdon OX5 3DW

    Received 23 Jul 2026
  16. Application Permitted17/00088/DISC

    Discharge of condition 4 (door and window details) of 15/00758/F (APP/C3105/W/16/3151655)

    McDonalds Street To Baynards Green Farm Baynards Green Bicester OX27 7SG

    Received 17 Feb 2017
  17. Application Permitted18/00479/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 25 (verification report) of 10/01642/OUT (Village Centre (North) only)

    Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD

    Received 5 Dec 2018
  18. Under Consultation21/03078/TCA

    T1 x Laburnum, T2 x Hawthorn - Removal due to lean over adjacent brook, recently removed canopy cover from nearby trees and exposure to the public footpath on the opposite bank.

    The Lime Trees 5 Church Close Adderbury OX17 3LN

    Received 8 Sept 2021
  19. Application Permitted19/00823/F

    Conversion and extension of stable to form single family home with associated parking, amenity space and landscaping

    Merton Stud Merton Bicester OX25 2NF

    Received 7 May 2019
  20. Application Withdrawn26/01283/LB

    Change of Use from a ground floor office into a one-bed apartment in a Grade II Listed building

    Flat 1 25 Banbury Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1AQ

    Received 18 May 2026
  21. Application Permitted20/03659/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (levels) of 19/02419/REM

    Part OS Parcel 4846 South East Of Launton Road And North East Of Sewage Works Blackthorn Road Launton

    Received 22 Dec 2020
  22. Application Withdrawn20/02817/O56

    Prior Approval for the Change of Use from office (B1a) to residential (C3) to create 30 self-contained flats

    Waterperry Court 2 - 4 Middleton Road Banbury

    Received 8 Oct 2020
  23. Application Permitted18/01763/F

    Partial demolition of the superstructure of existing conservatory and erection of new sedum roof with flat rooflights and external glazing together with extension of existing flag wall to north west elevation

    5 Stratton Audley Road Fringford Bicester OX27 8ED

    Received 10 Oct 2018
  24. Application Permitted19/01825/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (external walls, roofs, windows, doors), 4 (timber cladding), 5 (local stone sample), 6 (roofing), 7 (landscaping plan) and 8 (means of enclosure) of 17/02041/F

    Highpoint Farm Tadmarton Heath Road Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5BX

    Received 3 Sept 2019

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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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