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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
40,719Searchable applications
1,808Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 34,103 approved or refused records
3,015Refused applications

31,088 approved · 3,015 refused · 1,877 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted17/00496/DISC

    Discharge conditions 3 (doors and windows details), 12 (covered cycle parking facilities) and 13 (surface water and foul sewage drainage) of 16/02437/REM

    Banbury Rise Land North Of Withycombe Farm West Of Edinburgh Way Banbury

    Received 12 Oct 2017
  2. Application Permitted21/01405/DISC

    Discharge of condition 8 (Levels) 11 (Drainage Phasing), 19 (Protection of PROW), 22 (Spoil Management), 23 (Soil Management), 25 (Street Lighting), 32 (Trees), 41 (Alternative PROW route), 48 (Access during Construction) and 49b (Site Specific CMP) of 14/01932/OUT relating to the western perimeter road and ancillary loop road

    OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Bodicote

    Received 21 Apr 2021
  3. Application Permitted22/00405/F

    Part single storey/part two storey rear extension

    7 Roman Close Kirtlington OX5 3EX

    Received 14 Feb 2022
  4. Application Permitted19/00694/F

    Change of Use from Class B8 to Class B2

    12 Station Field Industrial Estate Kidlington OX5 1JD

    Received 15 Apr 2019
  5. Application Permitted24/00209/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (stone sample panel) and 4 (slate sample) of 23/00698/LB

    Hill Cottage Workhouse Lane Bloxham Oxfordshire OX15 4PH

    Received 24 Jan 2024
  6. Application Permitted19/02707/F

    Removal of existing modern extensions and carport and replacement with a single extension and separate studio and minor internal alterations and landscaping

    The Old Rectory Weston Road Bletchingdon OX5 3DH

    Received 28 Nov 2019
  7. Application Permitted14/01567/F

    Two storey side and single storey rear extension. raised roof on existing rear extension, replacement roof, balcony and landscaping

    Paradise Farm Wigginton Road South Newington Banbury OX15 4JS

    Received 15 Sept 2014
  8. Application Withdrawn16/01225/F

    Demolition of existing garage and erection of two storey side extension

    11 Graham Road Bicester OX26 2DU

    Received 22 Jun 2016
  9. Application Permitted17/01118/F

    Extension to agricultural building

    Thistley Lea Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5BT

    Received 18 May 2017
  10. Application Permitted22/01531/LB

    Repairs to garden retaining walls

    Yarnton Manor Church Lane Yarnton Oxfordshire OX5 1PY

    Received 23 May 2022
  11. Under Consultation26/02256/TCA

    T1 and T2 - Fagus Grandifolia We require an overcrown reduction by 25% of the canopy (2.5 metres)Light thinning and crown lift of the canopy Update 03.09.26 •T1 over crown reduction by 1.5 meters •T2 over crown reduction by 2.5 meters Both trees require a 30% crown thinning.

    The Nook The Green Barford St Michael OX15 0RN

    Received 19 Aug 2026
  12. Determined Application16/01830/ADJ

    The outline planning application (13/02557/OUT) was an Environmental Impact Assessment application and an Environmental Statement was submitted. Approval of all reserved matters was granted (14/02402/RES) under condition 5 of the outline planning permission. This application seeks approval of amended reserved matters for the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of part of the rooftop garden space of Building 3

    Westgate Centre Greyfriars Street Oxfordshire OX1 1NX

    Received 8 Sept 2016
  13. Application Permitted21/02673/TCA

    T1 x Prunus - Prune up to 1.0m to tidy up branches and improve growth.

    Slate Cottage Lower Street Barford St Michael OX15 0RH

    Received 27 Jul 2021
  14. Application Permitted17/00069/TCA

    T164 x Beech - Crown lift/prune western canopy of all overhanging branches necessary to maintain at least a 2.5-3m clearance of building 103 to ensure there is no direct contact between the canopy and the roof of building 103. Remove vertically kinked branch back to main horizontal branch at far western canopy.

    103 Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HA

    Received 23 Feb 2017
  15. Under Consultation26/02315/F

    Variation of Condition 2 (plans) of 26/01387/F - (increase in the ridge height of the extension roof 200-300mm and addition of a small letterbox style window within the south elevation)

    Applea Banks Lower Street Barford St Michael OX15 0RH

    Received 3 Sept 2026
  16. Application Permitted23/03357/F

    Extension of single and two-storey side extension, single and two-storey rear extension, canopy to front, widening of porch and render to dwelling

    84 Hillview Crescent Banbury OX16 1BP

    Received 30 Nov 2023
  17. Application Permitted19/00042/NMA

    Non Material Amendment to 13/00847/OUT and 18/00647/REM - 1. Layout updated to amend the footpath/position of railings to the northern side of the LAP opposite plots 55-63. Landscape scheme for the LAP updated to accord with new layout. 2. 3 no. plots previously incorrectly shown as affordable plots 76-78 now updated to be correctly shown as private units.

    Parcel H And Phase I Phase 2 SW Bicester Parcel 7849 North Of Whitelands Farm Adjoining Middleton Stoney Road Bicester

    Received 8 May 2019
  18. Application Permitted21/00271/F

    Variation of Condition 19 (development use) of 18/01634/F - Proposed condition wording: “The development hereby approved shall only be used for the purposes of providing a factory outlet shopping centre selling discounted high end designer goods, with ancillary office space for the management and operation of the centre, except to allow alternative uses subject to the following limits as apply to the whole of the Bicester Village Outlet Shopping Centre (as it exists at the date of this permission): 5,000 sqm floorspace (GIA) only for the display or retail sale of high end goods, other than hot food within Class E(a) use; for the sale of food and drink principally to visiting members of the public where consumption of that food and drink is mostly undertaken on the premises within Class E(b) use; for indoor sport, recreation or fitness (not involving motorised vehicles or firearms) within Class E(d) use; and for creche, day nursery or day centre (not including a residential use) within Class E(f) use ((as defined in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes Order) 1987 [as amended]); 1,000 sqm floorspace (GIA) of high end, full price confectionary and convenience goods sales within Class E(a) use (as defined in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes Order) 1987 [as amended]); 1,000 sqm floorspace (GIA) at ground floor level across up to five retail units (Class E(a)) for the sale of full price high end designer goods but with no more than 330 sqm of internal floorspace in any one retail unit being used for such purposes.”

    Units 84 and 85 Bicester Village, Pingle Drive, Bicester, OX26 6WA

    Received 26 Jan 2021
  19. Application Permitted16/00769/F

    Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension

    36 Restharrow Mead Bicester OX26 3AF

    Received 25 Apr 2016
  20. Under Consultation15/00097/TCA

    FIVE DAY NOTICE T1 x Weeping Willow - Fell and replace

    Honeypleck Chapel Lane Cropredy Banbury OX17 1PA

    Received 31 Mar 2015
  21. Application Permitted15/00136/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3, 4 and 6 of 13/01068/F

    118 Banbury Road Kidlington OX5 2BX

    Received 18 Mar 2015
  22. Application Permitted22/01701/F

    Single storey front extension and two storey rear extension

    6 Swalcliffe Road Upper Tadmarton OX15 5TE

    Received 9 Jun 2022
  23. Application Permitted21/03937/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (access) of 18/01894/OUT

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

    Received 23 Nov 2021
  24. Application Permitted13/01664/F

    Erection of garden studio and hobby room

    Corncroft Little Blenheim Yarnton Kidlington OX5 1LX

    Received 1 Nov 2013

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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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