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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
39,646Searchable applications
1,806Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 33,151 approved or refused records
2,952Refused applications

30,199 approved · 2,952 refused · 1,832 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Local Plan Review ExaminationPre-application advice Pre-application adviceConservation areas What is a conservation area?

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.

More application records

  1. Application Withdrawn20/01343/CLUE

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for Use of Land as a Caravan and Camping Site

    Greenhill Leisure Park Greenhill Farm Station Road Bletchingdon OX5 3BQ

    Received 22 May 2020
  2. Application Permitted25/02288/F

    Extension to the garage and use of the building as store, gym, and summerhouse

    17 Dunnock Road Banbury OX15 4FX

    Received 4 Sept 2025
  3. Application Permitted17/00263/DISC

    Discharge condition 5 (tile samples) of 16/00959/F

    Stewarts Yard Stewarts Court Sibford Ferris

    Received 24 May 2017
  4. Application Permitted20/03679/F

    New underground services including boreholes. New PV panels and air source heat pump. New mechanical extraction. Structural repairs and alterations. Replacement floors, ceilings and wall plaster. Replace dining room fireplace. Remove landing overhead boxing to restore sloping roof line. Internal alterations. Repointing and masonry cleaning to external elevations.

    The Old Vicarage Church Street Bicester OX26 6AY

    Received 22 Dec 2020
  5. Application Permitted15/00147/F

    Erection of two storey detached dwelling with car port and division of site for proposed development - re-submission of 14/01912/F and 14/00860/F

    Land Adj To 4 Barretts Row Main Street Wendlebury

    Received 26 Jan 2015
  6. Application Permitted16/01899/F

    Garage conversion to provide bedroom with wet room/WC and associated alterations

    192 Barry Avenue Bicester OX26 2HB

    Received 19 Sept 2016
  7. Application Permitted25/00854/F

    Alterations to and conversion of barn to form a dwellinghouse

    Quarry Farm Barn Rattlecombe Road Shenington OX15 6LZ

    Received 28 Mar 2025
  8. Application Permitted15/00310/TCA

    T1 x Lawson cypress - Fell T2 x Lawson cypress - Fell

    Wisteria Cottage 4 Middle Street Islip Kidlington OX5 2SF

    Received 16 Sept 2015
  9. Application Refused23/02173/LB

    Replacement of all current seven wood frame windows, in the oldest part of the building, with like-for-like Sapele hardwood, three triple and four double, casement windows

    Crossways Hempton Oxfordshire OX15 0QY

    Received 7 Aug 2023
  10. Application Permitted26/01560/ADV

    3x BYD logos, 1x BYD Service letters. 1x city name letters, 1x 4.5mtr internally illuminated pylon (Retrospective)

    Hartwells Of Oxford Ltd Langford Lane Kidlington OX5 1JA

    Received 17 Jun 2026
  11. Application Permitted22/02047/F

    Formation of new entrance door, windows and internal alterations in existing outbuilding to make a first floor treatment room

    Goggs Hill Little Green Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4QB

    Received 11 Jul 2022
  12. Application Refused15/01580/Q56

    Change of use of a cow shed and associated land from a use as an agricultural building to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses). Additionally, the application seeks prior approval for the associated building operations required to convert the barn into 2x2 bedroom and 1x4 bedroom dwellinghouses

    Sand Farm House Station Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DE

    Received 24 Aug 2015
  13. Application Withdrawn23/02067/F

    Erection of a two-storey semi-detached dwelling, two-storey extension to 20 Bromeswell Close and associated internal and external works

    20 Bromeswell Close Lower Heyford Bicester OX25 5NU

    Received 26 Jul 2023
  14. Application Permitted20/00400/F

    Single storey garage outbuilding extension

    2 Jasmine Place Bicester OX26 3UT

    Received 13 Feb 2020
  15. Application Permitted22/00787/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 6 (Travel Pack) & 10 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of 18/01894/OUT

    Os Parcel 4300 North Of Shortlands And South Of High Rock Hook Norton Road Sibford Ferris OX15 5QW

    Received 16 Mar 2022
  16. Application Permitted17/00209/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (schedule of materials) of 17/00252/F

    Orchard House Green Lane South Newington Banbury OX15 4JH

    Received 26 Apr 2017
  17. Application Permitted15/00080/DISC

    Clearance of conditions 3, 4 & 6 of 13/01308/F

    Bagend House Banbury Road Wardington Banbury OX17 1SP

    Received 23 Feb 2015
  18. Application Permitted14/00424/TCA

    T577 x Whitebeam - Fell T585 x Sycamore - Fell T586 x Horse Chestnut - Fell T587 x Horse Chestnut - Fell T580 x Silver Birch - Fell T581 x Whitebeam - Fell T582 x Silver Birch - Fell G583 x Silver Birch - Fell G596 x Cypress - Fell G601 x Silver Birch, Cherry - Fell G605 x Cherry, Silver Birch - Fell T611 x Birch - Fell

    Camp Road Upper Heyford

    Received 8 Dec 2014
  19. Under Consultation25/02476/TCA

    T1 Oak - crown raise to 8 metres above the garden. T2 Plum - Ivy clad, partially failed, fell.

    Millstone Heyford Road Somerton OX25 6LW

    Received 22 Sept 2025
  20. Application Permitted24/02464/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (brick & render), 4 (slate/tile), 5 (doors & windows), 7 (parking & manoeuvring), 8 (proposed access), 9 (cycle parking facilities), 11 (refuse bin storage), 15 (water efficiency) and 16 (CEMP) of 23/00225/F

    162 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AD

    Received 13 Sept 2024
  21. Application Permitted18/00499/F

    Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of new extension to existing bungalow and rendering of existing front gable

    15 Copthorne Road Kidlington OX5 1BY

    Received 22 Mar 2018
  22. Application Permitted26/01460/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for garage conversion.

    6 Freeborn Close Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2BH

    Received 10 Jun 2026
  23. Application Withdrawn15/00813/F

    Erection of outbuilding within Church courtyard to provide external WC.

    St Michaels Church St Michaels Lane Begbroke Kidlington OX5 1RT

    Received 6 May 2015
  24. Application Permitted15/01630/F

    Demolition of existing side boundary wall and erection of a new boundary wall closer to boundary

    33 The Paddocks Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1TF

    Received 2 Sept 2015

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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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