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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
44,587Searchable applications
1,821Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 37,558 approved or refused records
3,215Refused applications

34,343 approved · 3,215 refused · 2,046 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Permitted13/01470/F

    Proposed single storey extension

    23 Howard Road Banbury OX16 4QZ

    Received 24 Sept 2013
  2. Application Permitted18/01807/F

    Two storey side extension and front porch

    4 The Green Fringford Bicester OX27 8DS

    Received 17 Oct 2018
  3. Application Permitted23/02684/F

    Single Storey Rear Extension

    5 Noakes Drive Banbury OX16 9ZF

    Received 27 Sept 2023
  4. Application Permitted23/02495/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Use for the siting of static caravans for 12 month holiday occupation

    Greenhill Leisure Park Greenhill Farm Station Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3BQ

    Received 11 Sept 2023
  5. Application Permitted23/01173/TCA

    T1 x Maple - Fell

    4 Marlborough Place Banbury OX16 5DA

    Received 25 Apr 2023
  6. Application Permitted26/00222/TCA

    T 1 - Poplar - Rear garden of No 8 Kyetts Corner, Cropredy Re pollard to 9 meters in height.

    8 Kyetts Corner Cropredy OX17 1JW

    Received 28 Jan 2026
  7. Application Permitted12/01211/F

    Proposed porch

    10 Sallow Close Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 3YP

    Received 23 Aug 2012
  8. Application Permitted24/02777/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for creation of hip-to-gable loft conversion with rear box dormer window

    98 Evans Lane Kidlington OX5 2JB

    Received 17 Oct 2024
  9. Application Permitted20/03067/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (means of access), 4 (car parking provision), 5 (CEMP), 7 (Car port details), 9 (covered cycle facilities), 10 (bin storage details) and 11 (enclosures at boundaries) of 20/01170/F

    28 The Moors Kidlington OX5 2AJ

    Received 28 Oct 2020
  10. Under Consultation24/00232/M106

    Modification of the Section 106 obligation to permit installation of an ANPR system, superseding the barrier-controlled entry and exit system with payment at a ticket machine

    Car Park And Open Space North Of Jubilee Court George Street Banbury

    Received 25 Jan 2024
  11. Application Permitted13/00140/F

    Rear extension and internal alteration

    264 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 1ED

    Received 4 Feb 2013
  12. Application Permitted21/00472/F

    Single storey rear extension

    Brock Cottage Acre Ditch Sibford Gower OX15 5RW

    Received 12 Feb 2021
  13. Under Consultation24/01389/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 17 (zero carbon measures) and 20 (Framework Travel Plan) of 19/01036/HYBRID

    Bicester Eco Town Exemplar Site Phase 2 Charlotte Avenue Bicester

    Received 21 May 2024
  14. Application Permitted17/01019/F

    First floor rear extension above existing single storey extension

    91 Sinclair Avenue Banbury OX16 1BQ

    Received 8 May 2017
  15. Application Permitted13/01627/F

    Demolition of existing farmhouse. Erection of a two-storey dwelling and detached garage

    Ingleby Farm Station Road Enslow Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 3ET

    Received 18 Oct 2013
  16. Application Permitted15/02108/TPO

    To pollard back to original pollard points and to remove all basal/sucker growth of 4 No Lime trees; to remove sucker/secondary growth from main stem up to crown break, to sever ivy to allow to die off and to resurvey in 3 months of 1 No Lime tree; to dead and remove to ground level 1 No Horse Chestnut tree - subject to TPO 12/2007

    Annexe Orchard House Church Lane Wendlebury Bicester OX25 2PN

    Received 18 Nov 2015
  17. Application Permitted12/00068/NMA

    Non-material amendment to 12/00851/F - use of natural stone instead of horizontal boarding to front elevation to be jointed, coursed and pointed to match the existing stonework

    Hill Farm Hill Farm Lane Duns Tew Oxfordshire OX25 6JJ

    Received 29 Oct 2012
  18. Application Refused20/01820/LB

    Room 9 - Timber floor above room 9 removed. Floor will be rebuilt using a new steel beam. Floor will be replaced with salvaged timber joists. Room 12 - Existing timber beam replaced with steel beam raised approx 200mm. Floor joists with rotten boards removed. This room will have new floor, wall and ceiling finishes. Room 28 - Raise the floor level by approximately 200mm, entrance doorway will have lintel raised accordingly

    White Horse Inn Stratford Road A422 Wroxton Banbury OX15 6PZ

    Received 9 Jul 2020
  19. Application Permitted25/02930/OBL

    Submission of parameters for the Local Centre in accordance with Paragraph 2.1 of the Eight Schedule of the Section 106 (S106) Agreement relating to application 14/01932/OUT

    OS Parcel 7400 Adjoining And South Of Salt Way Bodicote

    Received 10 Nov 2025
  20. Application Permitted17/02077/F

    Agricultural building portal framed, steel clad with tin roof and concrete panels and tin sides to store machinery - to match existing grain store

    Basecourt Farm Station Road Milcombe Banbury OX15 4RU

    Received 11 Oct 2017
  21. Application Permitted24/02565/NMA

    Non-material amendment to 21/03177/F - vary the list of approved plans set out in Condition 2. Amendments are also required to conditions 24, 25 and 26 to ensure consistency (by referring to the updated plan, to be referenced at Condition 2).

    Axis J9 Phase 3 Howes Lane Bicester

    Received 23 Sept 2024
  22. Application Permitted20/02188/TCA

    T1 x Walnut, T2 x Holly, T3, T4 x Conifer, G1 x Mix of Conifers,Cherry, Plum, Suckers - To clear all trees to ground level and treat stumps to prevent re growth of all trees in the shaded area on the map supplied.

    Side Acre Queen Street Bloxham OX15 4QQ

    Received 8 Sept 2020
  23. Application Permitted16/01891/LB

    Reconstruction of front bay window, repair of window pelmets, sash windows and French doors, removal of paint from rear elevation walls and demolition of brick outbuilding to rear and replacement of rear patio doors.

    35 Oxford Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9AH

    Received 19 Sept 2016
  24. Application Permitted21/03520/F

    First floor rear extension

    7 Goodwood Close Bicester OX26 1AA

    Received 14 Oct 2021

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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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