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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
48,120Searchable applications
1,820Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 40,770 approved or refused records
3,417Refused applications

37,353 approved · 3,417 refused · 2,180 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Feb 2010 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted16/00209/DISC

    Discharge condition 12 (landscaping) of 11/01876/F

    Hanwell Castle Main Street Hanwell Banbury OX17 1HN

    Received 29 Apr 2016
  2. Application Permitted24/00460/F

    Demolition of existing garage and store and erection of single storey side extension

    51 Beaconsfield Road Banbury OX16 9EP

    Received 21 Feb 2024
  3. Application Refused13/00046/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment to 13/00481/F - Reduce size of outbuilding from 5m x 5m to 4.5m x 4.5m

    The Barn Somerton Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5LB

    Received 14 Jun 2013
  4. Application Permitted16/00104/TCA

    FIVE DAY NOTICE as per attached schedule

    Cricket And Football Ground Castle Street Deddington

    Received 18 Apr 2016
  5. Application Refused22/01621/OBL

    Notification of Completion of Play Area as per Section 2.5.1 of the Second Schedule of S106 attached to 14/02156/OUT

    Land South Of Cotefield Business Park Phase 2 Adj To Blossom Field Road Bodicote

    Received 31 May 2022
  6. Application Permitted12/00035/F

    Remodelling and extensions to existing bungalow

    15 Beagles Close Gosford Oxfordshire OX5 2QJ

    Received 11 Jan 2012
  7. Application Permitted22/01656/NMA

    Alterations to the layout and window positions in the rear extension (proposed as non-material amendment to 21/04213/F)

    7 Walpole Close Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2YF

    Received 6 Jun 2022
  8. Appeal Allowed (Against Refusal)17/01555/F

    Conversion of an agricultural barn into a single dwelling and demolition of outbuildings.

    Winwood Noke Oxford OX3 9TT

    Received 21 Jul 2017
  9. Application Permitted24/01342/F

    New rear garden outbuilding for use as hobby music room.

    4 Kingerlee Road Banbury OX16 1HF

    Received 16 May 2024
  10. Application Withdrawn24/02187/NMA

    Delete a section of footpath marked in yellow on the enclosed illustrative plan (proposed as non-material amendment to 17/00663/F)

    Trident Roads Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD

    Received 9 Aug 2024
  11. Application Permitted15/00212/TCA

    T1 x Sycamore - Fell

    The Stone Barn 3 Lark Rise Court Cottisford Brackley NN13 5SW

    Received 7 Jul 2015
  12. Application Permitted15/00332/TCA

    T1, T2, T3 x Sycamore - Fell T4 x Robinia - Fell

    The Old Rectory Street From Banbury Road To Shipton On Cherwell Shipton On Cherwell Kidlington OX5 1JL

    Received 30 Sept 2015
  13. Appeal Allowed (Against Refusal)18/00034/F

    Erection of a new building to provide a drive thru bakery (Use Class A1) and a sandwich shop (Use Class A1) plus a compound building, retention of the existing car parking, landscaping and all other associated works. Construction of a drive thru access lane in association with the use of the former Little Chef building as a drive thru coffee shop (Use Class A1)

    Former Little Chef Part Of A34 By Weston On The Green Weston On The Green Oxford OX25 3QQ

    Received 10 Jan 2018
  14. Application Permitted25/01087/F

    Variation of Condition 2 (plans) of 22/03840/F - Change of drawings in relation to the car barn to include solar PV provision set flush within roof finish (such as not to protrude beyond approved roof finish line) and to Support Part L requirements, carbon emission reduction and strategy for energy efficiency within new buildings

    The Little House Clifton Road Deddington OX15 0TP

    Received 24 Apr 2025
  15. Application Permitted11/00336/F

    Creation of new wetland complex to include pools, scrapes and islands

    Otmoor Nature Reserve Parcel Land South Of OS 5680 And Adjacent To River Ray Fencott Road Charlton On Otmoor Oxfordshire

    Received 1 Mar 2011
  16. Application Permitted17/00589/ADV

    A package of 12 No new and amended signs at Sainsbury's foodstore and car park. Signage includes 2 No amended internally illuminated totem signs, 3 No amended way finder signs, 1 No new illuminated fascia sign, 6 No new concession panel signs

    Sainsbury's 289 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2PE

    Received 14 Mar 2017
  17. Application Permitted19/00019/NMA

    Non-material amendment to 13/00847/OUT and subsequent reserved matters 18/00626/REM - alteration to the type of lighting bollards

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

    Received 4 Mar 2019
  18. Application Permitted24/02695/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 17 (housing mix strategy) of 22/00747/OUT

    Land At Bicester Road Kidlington

    Received 8 Oct 2024
  19. Case Officer Assigned26/02572/TCA

    T1 Leyland Cypress -fell to ground level and remove all arisings ///longingly.baths.vibrates T2 Leyland Cypress - fell to ground level and remove all arisings ///adapt.requires.guards T4 Dead tree unspecified species - fell to ground level and remove all arisings ///dries.stir.greet T5 Acer (crimson king) - Crown Reduction - Reduce height and spread by up to 1.5 metre ///products.remarried.discouraged

    Broom House Philcote Street Deddington OX15 0TB

    Received 2 Oct 2026
  20. Application Permitted25/02236/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (HMMP and Biodiversity Gain plan) of 24/03396/F

    Glebe Farm Water Stratford Road Finmere Buckingham MK18 4AT

    Received 29 Aug 2025
  21. Application Permitted17/00891/F

    Single storey side extension and detached garage

    15 Wimborne Avenue Banbury OX16 0DE

    Received 21 Apr 2017
  22. Application Withdrawn18/00715/F

    Erection of side and rear double story extension

    11 Jerome Way Shipton On Cherwell Kidlington OX5 1JT

    Received 24 Apr 2018
  23. Application Permitted18/00040/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (landscaping scheme) of 17/01823/F

    The Sunshine Centre 186 Edmunds Road Banbury OX16 0PJ

    Received 30 Jan 2018
  24. Application Permitted19/01456/F

    Proposed new porch to front incorporating a new W.C.

    46 Lock Crescent Kidlington OX5 1HG

    Received 30 Jul 2019

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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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