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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
47,551Searchable applications
1,820Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 40,260 approved or refused records
3,394Refused applications

36,866 approved · 3,394 refused · 2,159 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Oct 2010 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Permitted15/00066/NMA

    Non-material amendment to 14/01500/REM - drawing amendments to approved plans

    Dorchester Phase 3 Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD

    Received 19 Jun 2015
  2. Application Permitted14/00013/F

    Ground floor extension

    7 Laburnum Crescent Kidlington OX5 1HA

    Received 7 Jan 2014
  3. Application Permitted17/00474/DISC

    Discharge of condition 3 (stone sample), 4 (timber cladding details) and 5 (roof landscape details) of 16/02620/LB

    Bean Acre Cottage Rope Way Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5QB

    Received 20 Sept 2017
  4. Application Permitted15/00004/LB

    Retrospective - Demolition of chimney stack

    Rose Cottage Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1BN

    Received 5 Jan 2015
  5. Application Permitted22/03520/F

    Various alterations to the existing building including changes to conservatory to form new Porch with lean-to canopy

    Coromadel Cottage Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EW

    Received 23 Nov 2022
  6. Application Permitted20/03384/F

    Alterations, replacement windows, insertion of rooflights, and erection of single storey rear extensions and a 2.5 storey rear extension

    Applea Banks Lower Street Barford St Michael OX15 0RH

    Received 25 Nov 2020
  7. Application Permitted26/02253/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 20 (sustainable design and renewable energy provision) of 26/01354/F

    Grange Court Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2QN

    Received 28 Aug 2026
  8. Application Permitted14/01710/F

    Garage conversion.

    18 Trefoil Drive Bicester OX26 3AG

    Received 9 Oct 2014
  9. Planning Permission Required23/00774/AGN

    Erection of a secure machinery store

    Wooden Hill Farm Barford Road Bloxham Banbury OX15 4LP

    Received 22 Mar 2023
  10. Application Permitted14/00019/DISC

    Clearance of conditions 3, 4 & 5 of 13/01041/F

    Sunsets Bungalow Broughton Grounds Farm North Newington Banbury OX15 6AW

    Received 22 Jan 2014
  11. Application Permitted14/00983/LB

    Installation of 1 no. additional external condenser unit

    Barclays Bank 32 Bridge Street Banbury OX16 5PN

    Received 18 Jun 2014
  12. Application Permitted17/00011/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (materials), 4 (hard landscaping), 5 (arboricultural report) and 6 (access and parking details) of 16/00695/F

    Land Adj To 2 Orchard Way Bicester

    Received 10 Jan 2017
  13. Application Permitted23/02673/TPO

    The Beech tree will be reduced by 2 metres up to a height of 5 metres for the neighbouring side of the tree crown only - subject to TPO 6/2016

    Sainsbury's Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9XA

    Received 27 Sept 2023
  14. Application Permitted13/00052/F

    RETROSPECTIVE - Relocation of menage approved under permission 10/01161/F and use of part of barn for stabling

    Tythe Farm Shutford Road North Newington Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 6AN

    Received 14 Jan 2013
  15. Application Permitted15/00169/DISC

    Clearance of condition 4 of 14/01961/F

    3 Queens Crescent Drayton Banbury OX15 6EJ

    Received 28 Apr 2015
  16. Application Refused19/00158/TCA

    T1 x Walnut, overhanging the neighbouring property and dropping leaves in his pond - Reduce by 50% in height and remove side branches which extend towards the neighbours property. G1 x 2nos Beech tree group, blocking the morning light from the neighbours windows making the house dark - Reduce by 50% in height and remove side branches which extend towards the neighbours property.

    Rectory Farm Mill Lane Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LH

    Received 27 May 2019
  17. Application Permitted24/00914/F

    Installation of heat pump to rear, fitted within 1m of the boundary

    4 Hart Walk Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5AF

    Received 4 Apr 2024
  18. Application Permitted11/00824/LB

    Alterations associated with the change of use to 2 no. one bedroom flats (C3)

    Methodist Chapel Green Lane Upper Arncott Oxfordshire

    Received 23 May 2011
  19. Application Permitted13/00001/DISC

    Discharge of condition 26 of 12/00809/F

    Bicester Community Hospital Kings End Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6DU

    Received 3 Jan 2013
  20. Application Withdrawn23/03158/F

    Single storey extension to existing agricultural barn (Use Class B8 – Storage and Distribution)

    Green Barn Ingleby Farm Ingleby Paddocks Enslow Kidlington OX5 3ET

    Received 13 Nov 2023
  21. Application Permitted24/01346/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 7 (Construction Management Plan) of 22/02101/OUT

    Land Adjoining Withycombe Farmhouse Stratford Road A422 Drayton

    Received 16 May 2024
  22. Application Permitted12/01422/F

    Two storey side extension replacing existing garage. Front entrance porch extension

    4 Sallow Close Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 3YP

    Received 12 Oct 2012
  23. Application Permitted15/00308/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 of 14/02169/F

    Philip Allan Publishers Deddington Sale Rooms Market Place Deddington Banbury OX15 0SE

    Received 27 Jul 2015
  24. Application Permitted24/02803/LB

    Variation of Condition 2 (plans) of 23/03154/LB - 1 - amendment to the replacement link with removal of door and additional illustrations . 2 - New door to replace plastic window to rear elevation. 3 - Amended configuration of the boot/utility room area. 4 - Removal of all first floor proposals. 5 - Design alterations to the swimming pool to separate this from the existing curtilage listed buildings. 6 - Revisions to the annexe, outdoor kitchen area and garden store

    Laurels Farm Station Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DX

    Received 21 Oct 2024

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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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