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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
39,424Searchable applications
1,805Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 32,950 approved or refused records
2,940Refused applications

30,010 approved · 2,940 refused · 1,821 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Oct 2013 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

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.

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  1. Application Permitted24/00113/F

    Rear extension and loft conversion. Change of use from 5 bedroom HMO (class C4) to 7 bedroom HMO (class sui generis) - re-submission of 23/03001/F

    42 London Road Bicester OX26 6BX

    Received 15 Jan 2024
  2. Application Permitted22/01617/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the addition of a box dormer to the rear elevation and two rooflights to the front elevation to facilitate a loft conversion

    40 Churchill Road Kidlington OX5 1BW

    Received 30 May 2022
  3. Appeal Dismissed (Against Refusal)24/01017/F

    Replace existing driveway gate with a cladded electric hardwood gate

    Vine Cottage Main Street Hethe Bicester OX27 8HD

    Received 16 Apr 2024
  4. Under Consultation26/00728/TCA

    T1 Cotinus. -Reduce height by 1 metre, reduce roadside growth by 1.7 metre. Reduce remaining canopy up to 1metre. T2 Maple-Fell.

    Cornerways Millers Lane Hornton OX15 6BS

    Received 23 Mar 2026
  5. Application Permitted24/02673/F

    RETROSPECTIVE - Repair and improvement of stone boundary wall and gate pillars, increasing height from 1.1m to 1.2m (walls) and 1.5m to 1.8m (pillars) approximately with ball cappings

    Mill Cottage Wroxton Lane Horley OX15 6BB

    Received 7 Oct 2024
  6. Application Permitted24/00120/DISC

    Discharge of condition 24 (Design Code) of 22/02101/OUT

    Land Adjoining Withycombe Farmhouse Stratford Road A422 Drayton

    Received 15 Jan 2024
  7. Application Permitted14/01556/LB

    Internal alterations to partitions and doorways including external light fittings

    Fire Party House Building 87 DLO Caversfield Skimmingdish Lane Caversfield Oxfordshire

    Received 11 Sept 2014
  8. Appeal Dismissed (Against Refusal)20/03406/F

    Erection of a two-bedroom bungalow (C3) to the rear of the existing public house (Sui Generis), with a new access created off Westlands Avenue following the partial demolition of the boundary wall, and associated parking and landscaping.

    The Ben Jonson Inn Northampton Road Weston On The Green Kidlington OX25 3RA

    Received 27 Nov 2020
  9. Application Permitted16/00258/F

    New garage and workshop

    1 Ventfield Close Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1AN

    Received 10 Feb 2016
  10. Application Withdrawn19/00457/OUT

    Erection of up to 8 No dwellings with all matters reserved except the means of access onto Heyford Road

    The Beeches Heyford Road Steeple Aston Bicester OX25 4SN

    Received 14 Mar 2019
  11. Application Permitted18/00068/NMA

    House type DH309L-2 on plots 22-24  100-101 updated to latest version DH309L-3 (proposed as non-material amendment to 15/01115/REM)

    Land Parcel 5951 Warwick Road Banbury

    Received 22 May 2018
  12. Application Permitted23/01517/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (stone sample panel) of 22/02553/F

    Candlewick Cottage South Newington Oxfordshire OX15 4JW

    Received 5 Jun 2023
  13. Application Permitted22/00652/F

    Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and erection of single storey extension

    61 Trinity Close Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0UB

    Received 4 Mar 2022
  14. Application Permitted20/01561/F

    Erection of 10no dwellings (C3 Use Class) and Care Home (C2 Use Class), new access, parking, landscaping, demolition and other ancillary works

    The Ley Community Sandy Lane Yarnton OX5 1PB

    Received 16 Jun 2020
  15. Application Permitted24/01487/LB

    Repair works to a collapsed section of a Grade II Listed wall, following damage from a storm

    Cross Hill House Cross Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EG

    Received 3 Jun 2024
  16. Application Permitted15/00386/TCA

    T1 x Maple - Reduce by up to 50%. T2 x Leylandii - Reduce by up to 50%.

    Well Stone 3 Church Street Wroxton Banbury OX15 6QE

    Received 12 Nov 2015
  17. Appeal Lodged (Against Refusal)26/01529/F

    Conversion of barn to form two dwellings

    Merton Stud Merton Oxfordshire OX25 2NF

    Received 12 Jun 2026
  18. Application Permitted14/00255/TCA

    T1 x Norway Spruce - Crown lift to 6.0m T2 x Sycamore - Crown lift 5.0m over boundary line only

    Woolsthorpe Burycroft Road Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5PR

    Received 5 Aug 2014
  19. Observations21/00246/CDISC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (Travel Plan) of planning permission 19/00642/OCC (R3.0034/19)

    Land off Southam Road Banbury OX16 2DF

    Received 25 Jan 2021
  20. Application Permitted18/00041/TCA

    T1 x Conifer - Reduce in height by approx 2-3 meters, reduce back from outbuildings to remove the overhang, reduce back from neighbours driveway and trim back to the applicant driveway.

    Vicarage Farm House Alchester Road Chesterton Bicester OX26 1UQ

    Received 26 Jan 2018
  21. Application Permitted16/00928/F

    Conversion of Garage to a Study

    The Coach House Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE

    Received 19 May 2016
  22. Application Permitted18/01338/F

    Erection of a 1.75 metre diameter micro wind turbine on the north gable of the main barn to help provide power to the off-grid property

    Hadsham Barn Hornton Lane Horley Banbury OX15 6BN

    Received 24 Jul 2018
  23. Application Refused22/02737/F

    Replacement of existing conservatory with a single storey rear extension with a reduced width second storey element and replacement of existing lean-to with new single storey side extension, alteration to existing front porch area

    11 Partridge Chase Bicester OX26 6XF

    Received 5 Sept 2022
  24. Application Permitted22/03433/F

    Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of two storey rear and side extension and part single storey rear extension (revised scheme of 22/01832/F)

    72 Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AN

    Received 15 Nov 2022

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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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