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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
48,816Searchable applications
1,834Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 41,393 approved or refused records
3,466Refused applications

37,927 approved · 3,466 refused · 2,204 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Dec 2009 to 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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 Permitted17/01727/F

    Change of use to upper floors (first and second floor levels ) from Class A2 to Class D1

    1 - 3 London Road Bicester OX26 6BU

    Received 17 Aug 2017
  2. Application Permitted17/02395/F

    Variation of Condition 11 (monitoring occupation) of 16/01119/F

    Cropredy Marina Claydon Road Cropredy Banbury OX17 1JP

    Received 28 Nov 2017
  3. Application Permitted16/01953/F

    Change of Use of barn to ancillary/office use in relation to main dwellinghouse, single storey rear extension to form shower/back hall/plant room/wood store, and erection of oak framed double garage within garden area

    Barn Close Burdrop Banbury OX15 5RQ

    Received 27 Sept 2016
  4. Application Permitted20/00649/F

    Variation of Conditions 1 (plans) and 15 (generation cessation and site restoration) of 19/00911/F

    Hill Farm Hill Farm Lane Duns Tew Bicester OX25 6JJ

    Received 3 Mar 2020
  5. Application Permitted12/00282/CLUP

    Certificate of lawful use proposed - garage conversion

    19 Broad Close Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1BE

    Received 1 Mar 2012
  6. Application Permitted18/00725/F

    New four bedroom house with on-site turning space and parking for two cars, bin store and cycle parking

    Land Adj To 139 Bicester Road Kidlington

    Received 25 Apr 2018
  7. Application Permitted18/00392/F

    Single storey extensions to rear of dwelling

    37 Oxlip Leyes Bicester OX26 3ED

    Received 6 Mar 2018
  8. Application Refused16/02160/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the use of attic space above garages for guest accommodation ancillary to host dwelling

    2 Crouch Cottages Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9UN

    Received 27 Oct 2016
  9. Application Permitted18/00195/F

    Erection of storage building

    Cotefield Farm Oxford Road Bodicote

    Received 31 Jan 2018
  10. Application Permitted16/02409/F

    Form two flat roof dormers and erection of a pitched roof porch to the front elevation. Erection of a one and a half storey extension to the rear elevation with a flat roofed dormer to the North-West roof slope. Apply render to the existing brick walls and change the existing roof tiles and tile cladding to the dormers to grey fibre cement tiles. Change windows & doors to powder coated aluminium double glazed units.

    12 St Marys Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3HB

    Received 28 Nov 2016
  11. Application Permitted23/01589/F

    Replacement of Door and Windows

    The Old Manor Kenhill Road Shenington OX15 6NQ

    Received 12 Jun 2023
  12. Application Permitted21/01186/DISC

    Discharge of condition 5 (Landscape and Ecology Management Plan) of 16/02446/F (Phase 9)

    Phase 9 Heyford Park Camp Road Heyford Park Bicester OX25 5HD

    Received 1 Apr 2021
  13. Application Permitted14/01745/CLUE

    Certificate of Lawful Use Existing - To regularise the use and extent of the yard

    Peace Haven High Street Charlton On Otmoor Kidlington OX5 2UQ

    Received 14 Oct 2014
  14. Application Permitted17/00851/F

    Erection of a replacement dwelling, outbuilding and ancillary works

    Horton Farm The Straight Mile Horton Cum Studley Oxford OX33 1AD

    Received 20 Apr 2017
  15. Application Permitted25/03160/LB

    Replacement of failing, non-breathable gypsum plaster with traditional lime plaster to the master bedroom; repair of a collapsed top floor ceiling section using breathable wood wool board and lime; re-instatement of a temporarily removed modern stud wall to the first floor partition

    Crown And Tuns, Flat New Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0SP

    Received 5 Dec 2025
  16. Application Permitted25/01050/F

    First floor addition to existing single storey rear extension

    23 Horsham Close Banbury OX16 1XR

    Received 17 Apr 2025
  17. Application Permitted23/01813/F

    Existing roof to extension raised by 120mm to allow for insulation and installation of second ASHP

    Upper Green Brill Road Horton Cum Studley OX33 1BU

    Received 30 Jun 2023
  18. Application Permitted24/03113/TCA

    T1 x Acacia - Remove secondary stem to reduce spread over neighbouring property and lane. T2 x Laburnum - Fell on edge of retaining wall. G1 x Lime - Reduce crowns over roadside by approx 2.5M.

    Tadmarton Manor Main Street Upper Tadmarton OX15 5TD

    Received 18 Nov 2024
  19. Application Permitted14/02007/F

    Erection of substation

    Proposed Sub Station North East Of Building 488 Camp Road Upper Heyford

    Received 1 Dec 2014
  20. Application Permitted13/00011/F

    Erection of single storey timber framed orangery - amendment to works approved under 12/01202/F

    Upper Green Brill Road Horton Cum Studley Oxford Oxfordshire OX33 1BU

    Received 7 Jan 2013
  21. Application Permitted11/00642/F

    Conversion of car port to living accommodation

    7 Angelica Close Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 1WF

    Received 18 Apr 2011
  22. Application Permitted20/02181/TCA

    T1 - Apple - Fell T4 - Magnolia - Reduce limb over property back to secondary union. Re shape remaining canopy by up to 1m

    Tangley Cottage The Gap North Side Steeple Aston OX25 4SE

    Received 12 Aug 2020
  23. Application Permitted18/00342/F

    Two storey extension to the front of the dwelling enlarging existing living room and bedrooms

    10 High Acres Banbury OX16 9SJ

    Received 23 Feb 2018
  24. Application Permitted11/00324/DISC

    Clearance of condition no 5 of 11/01256/F

    18 Southam Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 2EG

    Received 5 Dec 2011

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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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