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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
34,855Searchable applications
1,781Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 29,033 approved or refused records
2,660Refused applications

26,373 approved · 2,660 refused · 1,584 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Dec 2014 to 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted15/02089/ADV

    2 No non-illuminated signs

    Land East Of Evenlode Crescent And South Of Langford Lane Kidlington

    Received 17 Nov 2015
  2. Application Permitted20/01047/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (stone sample panel), 4 (timber boarding sample), 5 (slate sample) and 6 (doors & windows) of 19/01663/F

    Riyes Cottage Aynho Road Adderbury OX17 3NU

    Received 20 Apr 2020
  3. Application Refused21/01611/F

    Erection of a Garden Room

    Sands House Moor Lane South Newington OX15 4JQ

    Received 6 May 2021
  4. Application Permitted17/00348/TCA

    T1 x Cherry - Reduce by up to 3.0m and thin out (amended) T2, T3 x Fir - Fell T4 x Silver Birch - Fell T5 x Silver Birch - Reduce by up to 3.0m (the last tree) (amended)

    Town Farmhouse Mixbury Brackley NN13 5RR

    Received 22 Sept 2017
  5. Application Permitted24/01546/TPO

    T1 - Yew Tree - crown lift it by 2M and trim back where it has overgrown onto Weeping Cross to provide clearance of 2 metres. T2 - Horse Chestnut Tree - crown lift it by 2M and trim back where it has overgrown onto Weeping Cross to provide clearance of 2 metres. Subject to TPO 27/1996

    110 Oxford Road Bodicote Banbury OX15 4AE

    Received 3 Jun 2024
  6. Application Permitted15/01851/F

    Erection of driveway gate to front boundary (RETROSPECTIVE)

    Lockhall Cottage Cow Lane Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SG

    Received 9 Oct 2015
  7. Application Permitted21/00033/F

    Change of use of first floor from vacant retail/storage space to residential (Use Class C3) to provide 1x1 bedroom flat and 2 x 2 bedroom flat and associated external alterations including Installation of new first floor windows and conservation rooflights.

    First Floor Unit EY1A Pioneer Square Bure Place Bicester OX26 6FA

    Received 5 Jan 2021
  8. Application Refused22/02998/TEL56

    Installation of Telecommunications Equipment and cabinets - 18m slim-line monopole - steel - Fir Green - RAL 6009. Equipment cabinets - steel - Fir Green - RAL 6009

    CWL24937 Radio Base Cabinet Chapel Lane Bodicote OX15 4DB

    Received 30 Sept 2022
  9. Application Permitted24/02008/F

    Reduction in height of front porch (Revised scheme of 23/01634/F)

    Ash Berry Cottage Main Street Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JS

    Received 24 Jul 2024
  10. Application Permitted22/03455/DISC

    Partial discharge of conditions 6 (rainwater goods), 7 (doors & windows), 10 (SVP boxing design details) & 13 (ventilation details) of 21/04274/LB

    Tadmarton Manor Main Street Upper Tadmarton Banbury OX15 5TD

    Received 16 Nov 2022
  11. Application Permitted21/01434/NMA

    Non-material amendment to 20/01155/REM - change from Timber cladding nominated on plans to Hardieplank weatherboard composite cladding Colour TBC

    Graven Hill (Plot 313) 8 Edmunds Drive Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2BY

    Received 22 Apr 2021
  12. Application Permitted21/03972/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (windows & doors), 5 (timber cladding), and 7 (stone sample panel) of 21/00438/LB

    7 The Colony Colony Road Sibford Gower OX15 5RY

    Received 24 Nov 2021
  13. Application Refused17/02125/F

    1 No replacement dwelling and 2 No new dwellings

    Former 2 Chapmans Lane Deddington Banbury OX15 0SU

    Received 19 Oct 2017
  14. Application Permitted22/01017/F

    Demolition of existing car port and erection of single storey side/rear extension

    Aubins Boxhedge Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0BP

    Received 5 Apr 2022
  15. Application Permitted20/01098/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the replacement of 18 No timber windows on a like for like basis

    Grannys Cottage 1 Church Lane Souldern OX27 7JQ

    Received 27 Apr 2020
  16. Application Permitted20/03396/F

    Re-instatement of a thatched roof and roof structure together with repairs to the stone walls at roof level and rebuilding of a chimney

    Crosby Millers Lane Hornton OX15 6BS

    Received 26 Nov 2020
  17. Application Refused24/01851/REN56

    Prior approval of solar equipment

    Little Garth Islip Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DP

    Received 11 Jul 2024
  18. Determined Application16/01874/CNMA

    Amendment to condition 52 of application 08/02472/CM - The Construction and operation of an energy from waster (EfW) facility together with associated office, visitor centre and bottom ash recycling facilities, new access road and weighbridge facilities and the continuation on non-hazardous landfill operations and landfill gas utilisation with consequent amendments to the phasing and final restoration landform of the landfill surface water attenuation features and improvements to the existing household waste recycling facility.

    Ardley Landfill Station Road Ardley

    Received 14 Sept 2016
  19. Application Permitted24/02600/F

    Variation of Conditions 2, 4, 11, 13 and 14 of 23/01092/F

    New Barn Farm Colony Road Sibford Gower OX15 5RY

    Received 27 Sept 2024
  20. Determined Application18/00004/SO

    Removal of condition 12 (pedestrian and cycle linkages) of 12/00080/OUT

    OS Parcel 5700 South Of Salt Way At Crouch Farm Bloxham Road Banbury

    Received 10 Jan 2018
  21. Application Permitted22/00538/ADV

    Installation of signage relating to the business

    The Light Cinema Spiceball Park Road Banbury OX16 2PQ

    Received 23 Feb 2022
  22. Application Refused16/02611/OUT

    Up to 130 dwellings; open spaces for recreation (including children's play spaces and outdoor sports); a sports pavilion; community orchard and allotments; new vehicular and pedestrian access off Blackthorn Road and associated landscaping, parking, engineering works (including ground re-modelling), demolition and infrastructure

    OS Parcel 0005 South Of Hill Farm And North Of West Hawthorn Road Ambrosden

    Received 23 Dec 2016
  23. Application Permitted16/01175/CLUP

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

    20 Turnberry Close Bicester OX26 4YQ

    Received 15 Jun 2016
  24. Application Permitted23/01276/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 2 (stone sample panel), 5 (doors, windows and rooflights), 6 (turning area details) and 7 (covered cycle parking facilities) of 23/00542/F

    Top Barn Farm Agriculture Building Unnamed B4035 Single Carriageway 6811256 Sibford Gower

    Received 11 May 2023

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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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