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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
34,957Searchable applications
1,781Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 29,113 approved or refused records
2,664Refused applications

26,449 approved · 2,664 refused · 1,591 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Prior Approval Not Required16/00330/HPA

    Single storey rear extension with pitched roof - depth 5m, height to eaves 3m and overall height 4m

    25 Rochford Gardens Bicester OX26 4SB

    Received 19 Feb 2016
  2. Application Permitted25/03213/TCA

    To reduce the silver birch in height by 1.5m and rebalance To reduce G1 by 1m and reshape

    Old Cider Mill Chapel Street Hook Norton OX15 5ND

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  3. Application Permitted20/00723/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 6 (implementation and maintenance of railway fencing) of 18/01430/TWAO

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

    Received 5 Mar 2020
  4. Application Permitted19/01076/F

    Temporary Mobile MRI scanner unit and single storey link corridor to the front of the Hospital

    Horton General Hospital Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AL

    Received 10 Jun 2019
  5. Application Permitted22/03357/F

    First storey extension over existing ground floor extension (on same footprint) & alterations to fenestrations.

    91 Shannon Road Bicester OX26 2RL

    Received 7 Nov 2022
  6. Application Permitted15/01877/TPO

    Fell 1 No Atlantic Cedar subject to TPO 06/65/A1

    Bridge View 11 Vicarage Gardens Cropredy Banbury OX17 1PJ

    Received 27 Aug 2015
  7. Application Permitted16/00482/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (location and type of swift nesting) of 15/02208/F

    Appletreewick Heyford Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HS

    Received 10 Oct 2016
  8. Application Permitted20/01368/F

    Single storey rear extension

    59 Riley Drive Banbury OX16 1DS

    Received 27 May 2020
  9. Application Permitted19/02650/F

    Rear extension to create annexe

    Heath Farmhouse Cottisford NN13 5SN

    Received 21 Nov 2019
  10. Application Permitted20/01240/F

    Conversion of existing garage into kitchen and retrospective consent for works carried out above the garage

    The Old Post Office Wigginton OX15 4LD

    Received 12 May 2020
  11. Case Officer Assigned26/02537/TCA

    G1 6 x Lime - re-pollard 6 lime trees on the boundary of the back garden to allow more light into the area

    Rivendell 1 Hatch End Kirtlington OX5 3NH

    Received 9 Oct 2026
  12. Application Permitted16/01897/F

    Single and two storey rear extension

    75 Dover Avenue Banbury OX16 0JQ

    Received 19 Sept 2016
  13. Application Permitted15/02142/CLUE

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Development for a garage conversion and rear extension.

    4 Axtell Close Kidlington OX5 1TW

    Received 24 Nov 2015
  14. Application Permitted16/00116/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 11 (vision splays) and 17 (cycle parking) of 12/01193/F

    Tesco Lakeview Drive Bicester OX26 1DE

    Received 14 Mar 2016
  15. Under Consultation21/01035/TCA

    T1x Silver Birch - fell because root system is leading to collapse of stone boundary wall and excessive shading T2 x Field Maple -fell excessive shading to garden and inhibiting growth of adjacent purple beech tree

    Barn Lodge Mills Lane Wroxton OX15 6PY

    Received 25 Mar 2021
  16. Application Permitted16/00196/TCA

    T1 x Norway Spruce - Fell

    Spring Cottage Frog Lane Bloxham Banbury OX15 4PZ

    Received 16 Aug 2016
  17. Objections20/01751/CM

    Proposed extraction of limestone and sand and gravel incidental to the construction of cells 10 and 11 of the landfill site permitted pursuant to planning permission no. MW.0003/19. Regularise the use of the crusher to be temporarily located in the MRF compound to crush incidental limestone excavated in order to construct cells 10 and 11 of the landfill; the stockpiling of limestone prior to crushing, the stockpiling of limestone post crushing and the export of crushed limestone; regularise the use of the existing mineral processing and concrete batching plant to process sand and gravel extracted in the construction of landfill engineering cells 10 and 11 of the landfill; regularisation of the stockpiles of incidental sand and gravel recovered from the landfill and the export of processed sand and gravel - MW.0069/20

    Premier Aggregates Finmere Quarry Banbury Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AJ

    Received 3 Jul 2020
  18. Application Permitted23/01402/LB

    Listed Building Consent for the display of advertisements

    9-10 Market Place Banbury OX16 5LG

    Received 24 May 2023
  19. Application Permitted20/03569/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (stone sample) & 4 (brick sample panel) of 20/01433/F

    35 Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AH

    Received 15 Dec 2020
  20. Application Permitted23/00194/LB

    Replace the existing oak panel front door with door of the same in appearance

    Fox Cottage Main Street Fringford OX27 8DP

    Received 25 Jan 2023
  21. Application Permitted21/03188/TCA

    T2 X Norway Maple - Crown reduction of the neighbours Norway maple in height by up to 3 metres, reducing the north side back to the boundary.

    15 Lake Walk Adderbury OX17 3PF

    Received 17 Sept 2021
  22. Application Permitted16/00863/F

    New vehicular exit on to Bicester Road from the existing Sainsbury's store and associated works.

    Highway East Of Sainsburys Car Park Adj To Bicester Road Kidlington

    Received 10 May 2016
  23. Application Permitted21/00754/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the erection of a porch

    13 Brickle Lane Bloxham OX15 4NL

    Received 3 Mar 2021
  24. Application Permitted21/00697/TCA

    T1, T2 x Conifer causing excessive shading - Fell. Replanting to include Cherry.

    103 Middleton Road Banbury OX16 3QS

    Received 25 Feb 2021

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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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