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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30,199 approved · 2,952 refused · 1,832 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Permitted21/01754/F

    The conversion of attic loft space into habitable rooms

    Stableford House Stableford Lane Chesterton Bicester OX26 1EH

    Received 17 May 2021
  2. Application Permitted14/01914/F

    Alterations to 2 existing barns including recladding the walls, adding windows and doors and demolishing a redundant office area

    Blackthorn Hill Farm Barns Blackthorn Hill Blackthorn

    Received 13 Nov 2014
  3. Application Permitted18/01681/LB

    Part retrospective - demolition of existing garage and garden wall and construction of an extension to provide additional living accommodation and integral garage, and part conversion of double garage to create a ground floor bedroom.

    The Shippon 4 Old Manor Court Horley Banbury OX15 6BF

    Received 24 Sept 2018
  4. Application Permitted15/01588/F

    Erection of side extension, conversion of existing garage, and alterations to front porch

    Laurel Bank South Newington Banbury OX15 4JW

    Received 26 Aug 2015
  5. Application Permitted25/00631/TCA

    Horse Chestnut - crown reduce the overhang by 2m.

    Strangers Drift North Lane Weston On The Green OX25 3RG

    Received 12 Mar 2025
  6. Application Permitted15/01003/F

    Erection of single storey front extension

    81 Blenheim Drive Bicester OX26 2NH

    Received 2 Jun 2015
  7. Application Permitted26/01329/LB

    Erection of a hardwood painted double glazed orangery to the rear with low stone walls with alterations to the opening into the existing kitchen area

    The Old Manor 9 Station Road Cropredy Oxfordshire OX17 1PS

    Received 26 May 2026
  8. Application Permitted17/00090/NMA

    Amendment to application 14/00697/F - Removal of 1 chimney and relocation of 4 chimneys. Relocation of pump station and addition of sub station.

    Land To Rear Of Tangmere Close And Scampton Close Skimmingdish Lane Bicester

    Received 6 Jul 2017
  9. Application Permitted20/03048/TCA

    T1 x Willow; close to house - Pollard. T2 x Unidentified Tree; leaning dangerously next to heating oil tank - Fell. T3, T4 x Leylandii; overgrown - Fell and replace with maintainable alternative. T5 x Ash; trunk fractured and overhanging telephone wires/ dangerous - Fell.

    Brent Main Street Sibford Gower OX15 5RT

    Received 28 Oct 2020
  10. Application Permitted17/01710/F

    Removal of condition 7 (plan of wall, method of joining stonework) of 16/02631/F

    Plot 2 Mallories Cherry Street Stratton Audley

    Received 10 Aug 2017
  11. Application Permitted20/01389/DISC

    Partial discharge of Condition 9b (Written Scheme of Investigation) of 18/01430/TWAO - Ecological Compensation Area, West of Charbridge Lane

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

    Received 29 May 2020
  12. Application Withdrawn17/02434/LB

    Replacement of modern rear extension and formation of outdoor swimming pool.

    North Aston Hall St Marys Walk North Aston Bicester OX25 6JA

    Received 4 Dec 2017
  13. Application Permitted26/01279/F

    Erection of freestanding sauna and hot tub

    29 The Moors Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2AH

    Received 18 May 2026
  14. Application Withdrawn16/02278/F

    Removal of existing rear extensions and store. New single storey extension to rear. Part remove internal partition. New cloakroom in existing cupboard/larder space

    1 South End Cottages Bletchingdon Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HF

    Received 10 Nov 2016
  15. Application Permitted17/01072/ADV

    x3 OFF Internally Illuminated Flexface sign, x9 Non Illuminated Window Vinyls, x1 Double sided Internally Illuminated projecting sign and x 2 OFF Non Illuminated Developer Sign Panels (Amended Description)

    Formerly Focus Garden Centre Adj Unit 1 Lockheed Close Banbury

    Received 12 May 2017
  16. Application Permitted19/01719/ADV

    New bronze brass clad fascia to match existing adjacent premises 79 - 80, with reed detail and raised cartouche to receive new built up letters with internal static LED lighting.

    78 High Street Banbury OX16 5JG

    Received 21 Aug 2019
  17. Application Permitted17/00548/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (ventilation and drainage), 4 (stone sample) of 17/01141/LB

    21A Market Place And 1A Parsons Street Banbury OX16 5LJ

    Received 10 Nov 2017
  18. Application Refused17/00423/F

    Single storey rear extension

    Faraway Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1BX

    Received 23 Feb 2017
  19. Appeal Allowed (Against Non Determination)15/01895/F

    Alterations and erection of extension

    Orchard Way Heyford Road Somerton Bicester OX25 6LL

    Received 16 Oct 2015
  20. Split Decision16/00514/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 13 (waste and recycling storage for houses) and 14 (waste and recycling storage for flats) of 15/00961/REM

    Hardwick Hill Southam Road Banbury

    Received 27 Oct 2016
  21. Application Permitted15/01261/F

    Alterations, conversion of garage to living accommodation, erection of new double garage to front, erection of two storey side extension and single storey extension to side/rear

    170 Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9LD

    Received 6 Jul 2015
  22. Application Permitted15/00473/DISC

    Discharge condition 3 of 15/00541/F

    Land South Of Leycroft Barn Somerton Road Souldern

    Received 9 Nov 2015
  23. Application Permitted20/02780/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for a rear facing flat roof dormer and addition of rooflights to front elevation to facilitate loft conversion

    121 Bicester Road Gosford OX5 2PX

    Received 6 Oct 2020
  24. Application Permitted17/00900/F

    Erection of a wall to the front of the property

    14 Stoutsfield Close Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1NX

    Received 24 Apr 2017

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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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