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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
36,647Searchable applications
1,798Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 30,521 approved or refused records
2,788Refused applications

27,733 approved · 2,788 refused · 1,704 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Mar 2014 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

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  1. Screening Opinion Not Requesting EIA17/00039/SO

    Screening Opinion to 17/00973/REM - Dorchester Phase 5C, comprising the provision of 17 residential units of mixed type (dwelling houses and flats) and tenure (open market and affordable) with associated landscaping, car parking, infrastructure and external works

    Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD

    Received 3 May 2017
  2. Prior Approval Not Required15/00835/HPA

    Single storey rear extension, height to eaves 3.0m, overall height 3.41m, length 4.92m

    9 Old Glebe Upper Tadmarton Banbury OX15 5TH

    Received 11 May 2015
  3. Application Permitted18/00341/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (material samples), 4 (doors and windows), 6 (staddle stone footings), 7 (ridge, eaves and verge) and 8 (forge and brick step recording) of 18/00775/F

    Temple Mill Woodway Road Sibford Ferris Banbury OX15 5DA

    Received 23 Aug 2018
  4. Application Permitted23/00489/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (finished floor levels), 4 (schedule of materials and finishes) and 5 (landscaping scheme) of 22/03229/F

    Savee Farm Hornton Lane Horley OX15 6BN

    Received 23 Feb 2023
  5. Application Permitted16/00066/NMA

    Alteration to master bedroom window arrangement (proposed non material amendment to 14/00659/F)

    The Stables School Lane Cropredy Banbury OX17 1PX

    Received 2 Aug 2016
  6. Determined Application15/01408/OCC

    Development of new 2FE Primary School (initial build will be 1.5 FE) for the new residential development , including associated parking, access and site landscaping (OCC ref: R3.0094/15)

    Proposed School Site Bankside Banbury

    Received 29 Jul 2015
  7. Application Permitted20/03037/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (cycle storage) of 19/01734/O56

    1-6 Malthouse Walk Banbury OX16 5PW

    Received 26 Oct 2020
  8. Application Refused24/01973/TCA

    Amended Application T1 x Lime Removal as leaning and could fall on 2 buildings by. T2 x Hornbeam in the (our car park) is touching the buildings next door, overhangs their car park area and is very close to our building of which we intend to remove the existing roof for repairs, new timbers (some old are wet rot) retile, insulate and make good etc.,

    38 South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AE

    Received 11 Jun 2024
  9. Application Permitted17/00084/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Roof materials) of 15/00758/F

    Land Adjacent To Esso Station Street To Baynards Green Farm Baynards Green Bicester OX27 7SG

    Received 17 Feb 2017
  10. Application Permitted15/00878/LB

    Replace bathroom and kitchen windows in addition to replacement of front door

    3 Daisy Hill Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6LB

    Received 13 May 2015
  11. Split Decision17/00367/DISC

    Discharge of condition 3 (Schedule of Materials), 6 (Floor levels) and 12 (Cycle and bin storage) of 15/00822/F

    Land Adj To Lince Lane Access Of Station Road Enslow Kidlington OX5 3AX

    Received 19 Jul 2017
  12. Application Permitted17/02481/F

    Extension to existing forge building

    Forge House Shutford Road North Newington Banbury OX15 6AL

    Received 8 Dec 2017
  13. Application Permitted25/01475/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 4 (Secured by Design measures), 5 (covered cycle parking facilities) and 6 (covered bin storage facilities) of 24/02944/F

    53 Buckingham Road Bicester OX26 3EY

    Received 5 Jun 2025
  14. Application Permitted25/02417/F

    Single storey rear extension with associated internal and external works

    1 White Horses Close Bodicote Banbury OX15 4FJ

    Received 17 Sept 2025
  15. Application Permitted15/00409/TPO

    Fell Ash Tree - Subject to TPO2/2006

    3 The Priory Priory Lane Bicester

    Received 5 Mar 2015
  16. Application Permitted19/00169/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 27 (fire hydrants) of 13/00656/OUT

    Land Adjoining And West Of Warwick Road Banbury

    Received 2 May 2019
  17. Application Permitted16/00992/F

    RETROSPECTIVE - Boundary fence and gates

    Springfields 24 Station Road Cropredy Banbury OX17 1PP

    Received 26 May 2016
  18. Under Consultation24/03332/TCA

    1 x Sycamore - ORANGE large limb expands over highway with signs of stress/adaptive growth at base of stem - reduce stem 50% and cut back from highway 5.5m lift 1 x Plum - BLUE heavily weighted over highway with crack at base of stem and exudate leaking from rotten section, failure would likely damage retaining wall and block highway - dismantle leaving stable monolith for habitat

    Timbers Water Lane Steeple Aston OX25 4SB

    Received 16 Dec 2024
  19. Application Permitted25/00088/F

    Single storey extension to rear, loft conversion with dormers to front and rooflights to rear, formation of additional parking spaces and partial garage conversion (Retrospective)

    17 Plumpton Road Bicester OX26 1AQ

    Received 15 Jan 2025
  20. Application Permitted20/00083/TPO

    Trees T1, T5, T6 - 3 No. Beech - Remove to ground. Reason: Due to concerns over stability and risk posed to property. Tree T2 - Prune lowest south east lateral branch to source. Reason: To avoid contact with the building. Trees T9 - T11 - 3 No. Poplar - Reduce to around 12m height. Reason: To reduce risk posed to highway and to allow safer long term retention and screening value. Tree T12 - Poplar - Remove to ground. Reason - Due to concerns of stability and risk posed to highway - Subject to TPO 24/2017 Replanting: Plant 5 No Trees (3 No. Golden Irish Yew and 2 No. Pear) in the area closest the property on the west side of the driveway to replacer fallen Beech and Trees T1, T5, T6. To be sourced as 2-3m high pot grown, light standards. Plant 1 No. Common Lime in the area to front of the property to replace T12. To be sourced as 2-3m high pot grown

    March House March Road Mollington OX17 1BP

    Received 14 Jan 2020
  21. No Objections25/03209/TEL

    Existing tef 6no Antennas and 6no rrus to be removed and replaced with proposed tef 9no Antennas and tef 15no rrus on existing steelwork. Proposed tef 1no Dish to be installed on existing dish pole

    O2 Telecommunications Mast 649 Bicester Police Station Queens Avenue Bicester OX26 2NT

    Received 10 Dec 2025
  22. Determined Application19/01094/OCC

    Section 73 application to continue the development for the erection of a two-storey teaching building, extension of existing games court with floodlighting (replacement of District Council permission 15/00734/F) and associated external works (permitted by permission 18/01243/OCC (R3.0037/18)), without complying with condition 1 (approved plans and documents) and to vary condition 4 (tree protection), condition 7 (planting scheme) and 11 (protected species) in order to vary the approved plans and documents to allow for the i) introduction of mullions, ii) regularise the agreed provision for protected species; iii) remove two trees and provide replacement planting

    The Warriner School Banbury Road Bloxham Banbury OX15 4LJ

    Received 11 Jun 2019
  23. Application Permitted22/00641/F

    Demolition of existing garage and replacement with a new garden building for use as a holiday let

    Standwell Lower Street Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0RH

    Received 2 Mar 2022
  24. Application Permitted18/02042/ADV

    New Fascia with trough light, new KFC internally illuminated letters, new flex face to existing Colonel Box Sign, new Hello Bicester sign

    KFC Unit 1 Audley House Buckingham Road Bicester OX26 3AH

    Received 26 Nov 2018

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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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