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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
44,002Searchable applications
1,823Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 37,026 approved or refused records
3,191Refused applications

33,835 approved · 3,191 refused · 2,021 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Dec 2011 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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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 Permitted23/02622/TPO

    T1 (Sycamore) - Crown raise to 5 metres. Reduce crown by 1.5 metres all round and remove deadwod - work to be carried out due to overcrowding in the garden - Subject to TPO 3/84

    7 Kilbale Crescent Banbury OX16 9XZ

    Received 22 Sept 2023
  2. No Objections20/03457/CDISC

    Details persuant to condition 26 (Improvements to the biodiversity value of the new linear habitats in the restoration scheme) of 18/01610/CM (MW.0102/18) - MW.0117/20

    OS Parcels 0069 4900 7761 7980 7600 0003 And 3100 North East Of Dewars Farm And East Ardley Road Middleton Stoney

    Received 2 Dec 2020
  3. Application Permitted17/00791/F

    Change of use from Use Class A1 (retail) to Use Class A4 with no internal or external changes

    Unit C1 Pioneer Square Bure Place Bicester OX26 6FA

    Received 10 Apr 2017
  4. Application Permitted26/00797/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for loft conversion including new flat roof dormer at the rear and two front elevation rooflights

    120 Cromwell Way Kidlington OX5 2LJ

    Received 27 Mar 2026
  5. Application Permitted22/01929/ADV

    Retrospective - 15 Non illuminated signs in car park

    Ruscote Arcade, Car Park Longelandes Way Banbury OX16 1PH

    Received 28 Jun 2022
  6. Application Permitted25/01748/TPO

    T1 (Copper Beech) - Lateral reduction of up to 2m tapering into existing height. Tree subject to TPO 11/2004.

    Copper Beech Cottage South Green Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HJ

    Received 3 Jul 2025
  7. Application Permitted19/02948/F

    Erection of 10no. two storey residential dwellings with access off South Side including a new pedestrian footway, parking and garaging, landscaping and all enabling and ancillary works

    Land To The South And Adj To South Side Steeple Aston

    Received 19 Dec 2019
  8. Application Refused18/01796/F

    Change of Use from Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Sui-Generis (7 Bed HMO)

    3 Denbigh Close Banbury OX16 0BQ

    Received 15 Oct 2018
  9. Application Permitted20/03200/F

    Single storey rear extensions, conversion of integrated garage and related alterations

    5 Oxford Road Bodicote OX15 4AB

    Received 11 Nov 2020
  10. Application Permitted19/00073/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (stone) and 4 (roof slates) of 18/02103/F

    The Green Barn Stoke Lyne Road Stratton Audley Bicester OX27 9AT

    Received 19 Feb 2019
  11. Application Permitted17/02181/LB

    Alterations to existing barn to facilitate its conversion to form ancillary accommodation to serve main house

    Court Farm House 37 North Street Fritwell Bicester OX27 7QX

    Received 27 Oct 2017
  12. Application Permitted22/01588/DISC

    Partial Discharge of Condition 22 (operational plant and mitigation) in relation to Unit 4 of Block B of Castle Quay 2 Development of 16/02366/OUT

    Land Adjacent To The Oxford Canal Spiceball Park Road Banbury

    Received 27 May 2022
  13. Application Permitted17/00278/TCA

    T1 x Unknown Species - Cut back to clear 1.5m

    Peartree Cottage Thorpe Road Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SP

    Received 31 Jul 2017
  14. Application Permitted21/00290/TCA

    T1 x Pear - Remove one branch. T2 x Hazelnut - Remove upright stem. Deadwood (exempt)

    50 Freehold Street Lower Heyford OX25 5NT

    Received 20 Jan 2021
  15. Application Permitted21/03464/F

    Construction of a temporary vehicular access off Merton Road

    Land North Of Merton Road Ambrosden

    Received 12 Oct 2021
  16. Application Permitted17/01711/OUT

    Outline application for erection of an Equestrian Workers Dwelling

    Land Adj To Merrick Hill Stud Godington

    Received 15 Aug 2017
  17. Application Permitted24/00927/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (schedule of materials and finishes - walls and roof), 4 (archeological written scheme of investigation) and 5 (archaeological archive report) of 23/01997/F

    Villiers Park House School Lane Middleton Stoney Bicester OX25 4AW

    Received 5 Apr 2024
  18. Application Permitted13/00733/F

    Amended proposal to approved 12/00171/F - Two storey side and rear extension (with room in attic to side extension). Dormer windows to front and rear to rooms in roof. Single and two storey rear extension

    Inkerman House Somerton Road Souldern Bicester OX27 7HS

    Received 17 May 2013
  19. No Objections22/00208/CDISC

    Details pursuant to condition 19 – air quality monitoring scheme of planning permission 21/00351/CM (MW.0012/21) - MW.0006/22

    Land East Of Grimsbury Reservoir Water Works Road Banbury

    Received 20 Jan 2022
  20. Application Permitted16/00320/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3, 4 & 5 of Application 16/00406/F

    Dutch Barn Godington Hall Godington

    Received 14 Jul 2016
  21. Application Permitted14/01898/F

    Provision of 10 no employment units (Classes B1, B2 & B8), car parking and associated landscaping (revised scheme following approval of 11/00473/F).

    Land Formerly Part Of Old Ironstone At Apollo Office Park Ironstone Lane Wroxton

    Received 10 Nov 2014
  22. Application Permitted21/01869/TCA

    T1 x Silver birch - Crown raise low branches to 1.6 metres.

    Street Record The Green Hook Norton

    Received 26 May 2021
  23. Application Refused16/02572/F

    Extension to kitchen block abutting manor house

    Manor House Banbury Road Shutford Banbury OX15 6PF

    Received 21 Dec 2016
  24. Split Decision20/00910/DISC

    Discharge of conditions 5 (external wall & roof finishes), 7 (stone arch window installation), 8 (openings design details) & 9 (external hard surface areas) of 19/01399/F

    Lower Lodge Williamscot OX17 1AE

    Received 31 Mar 2020

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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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