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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
49,005Searchable applications
1,834Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 41,568 approved or refused records
3,472Refused applications

38,096 approved · 3,472 refused · 2,212 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted14/00354/TCA

    T1 x Pine - Fell

    The School House Barford Road South Newington Banbury OX15 4JJ

    Received 14 Oct 2014
  2. Application Permitted19/00046/REM

    Reserved matters to 19/00045/OUT - Details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale

    Land North Of The Green And Adj To Oak Farm Drive Milcombe

    Received 9 Jan 2019
  3. Under Consultation26/02235/F

    Variation of Condition 3 of 25/02902/F to extend the permitted retail use of the floorspace.

    11-12 Banbury Cross Retail Park Lockheed Close Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 1LX

    Received 26 Aug 2026
  4. Application Permitted19/00077/TCA

    T1 x Norway Spruce - Prune lowest branches overhanging neighbours property and resting on their slate roof, prune other low branches to maintain symmetry and balance.

    Cedarholme Bonds End Lane Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RT

    Received 7 Mar 2019
  5. Application Permitted20/01370/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (bat mitigation strategy) and 4 (bird and bat boxes) of 19/01399/F

    Lower Lodge Williamscot OX17 1AE

    Received 6 May 2020
  6. Application Refused20/03571/Q56

    Conversion of property to form single dwelling

    Quarry Farm Oxford Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3HH

    Received 15 Dec 2020
  7. Application Permitted15/00067/F

    Conservatory to side.

    Lowland 6A The Colony Colony Road Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RY

    Received 14 Jan 2015
  8. Application Permitted19/02495/DISC

    Discharge of condition 5 (details of the doors and windows) of 19/01169/LB

    Manor House 6 Mill Street Islip Kidlington OX5 2SZ

    Received 5 Nov 2019
  9. Application Refused16/01450/F

    Single storey flat roofed extension to rear

    54 Grebe Road Bicester OX26 6EL

    Received 19 Jul 2016
  10. Application Refused15/00491/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 of 14/01741/F

    Outbuilding Approximately 5 Metres North West Of Manor Farmhouse Church Lane Hampton Poyle

    Received 23 Nov 2015
  11. Application Permitted21/00860/F

    Front porch and single storey rear extension (resubmission of 20/02325/F)

    17 Edinburgh Close Banbury OX16 0NY

    Received 11 Mar 2021
  12. Application Permitted18/00240/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 12 (soil validation) of 13/01341/F

    The Gables Woodstock Road Gosford Oxford OX5 1PH

    Received 23 May 2018
  13. Application Refused16/00471/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Window and door details) of 15/00961/REM

    Hardwick Hill Southam Road Banbury

    Received 5 Oct 2016
  14. Application Permitted17/00334/DISC

    Discharge Condition 16 (Travel Plan) of 15/00831/F

    Waitrose Southam Road Banbury OX16 2FW

    Received 3 Jul 2017
  15. Application Refused16/00652/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for erection of a single storey side and two storey rear extension and roof alterations

    Sundown Crowcastle Lane Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HP

    Received 8 Apr 2016
  16. Split Decision16/00407/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (construction method scheme), 4 (stone sample panel) and 5 (ridge roof lights) of 16/00836/F

    Stone Cottage South Green Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HJ

    Received 31 Aug 2016
  17. Application Permitted23/02804/F

    Proposed single storey extensions to rear of kitchen and rear of garage and infill dormer type roof link between standing roofs

    1 The Chestnuts Kirtlington OX5 3UB

    Received 9 Oct 2023
  18. Application Refused21/00919/F

    Two storey side part rear extension with associated internal and external works.

    3 Orchard Way Banbury OX16 0HP

    Received 17 Mar 2021
  19. Application Permitted14/00201/DISC

    Discharge of conditions 13 and 38 of 12/00809/F

    Former Bicester Community Hospital Kings End Bicester OX26 6DU

    Received 16 Jul 2014
  20. Application Permitted25/01233/F

    Variation of Condition 2 (plans) and 3 (stone sample panel) of 20/01798/F - The condition states that the rear extension is to be constructed from stone, approved from a sample panel. This did not occur and the extension was constructed from recon stone in contrary to the planning breaking condition 3. Under pre-app it was agree that the a solution would be to render the extension and the extension of 25A in a Soft Earth GM render

    25 Banbury Road Kidlington OX5 1AQ

    Received 13 May 2025
  21. Application Permitted10/01771/F

    Extension of time limit of 05/00502/F - Erection of processing building and glasshouse for growing, washing and packing of bean sprouts and other oriental vegetables and creation of new access to highway

    Hill Farm Blackthorn Hill Ambrosden Oxfordshire OX25 1TL

    Received 26 Nov 2010
  22. Application Permitted23/02082/TCA

    1964 Snowy Mespilus 4 ‹120 4 Multi stemmed, dead central leading stem to remove 1965 Apple 3 240 170 140 6 Encroaching upon adjacent building, telephone line and footpath. Historic 5m pollard has promoted dense epicormic growth, throughout and torn stem over driveway has bacterial canker. Reduce canopy by 3m, 30% crown thin and clean out basal epicormic growth 1966 Maple sp 6 <200 8 Remove deadwood at 2m Southeast, head back stems encroaching upon church <1m, remove self-set ash saplings from base. Pidgeon nesting at 5m southeast. 1967 Rowan 6 <140 5 Historical pollarding at 2 & 4m has created dense multi stemmed habit with extensive crown die back, fell and replace 1968 Laurel (3) 6 200 6 x 5 Boundary screen prune clear of shelter below to permit 1m of crown clearance

    Methodist Homes Housing Association West Court 45 West Street Banbury OX16 3RA

    Received 31 Jul 2023
  23. Application Permitted10/01494/F

    Demolition of detached garage/store and erection of single storey extension to side elevation. New first floor window in side elevation.

    Hollyhocks North Street Islip Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2SQ

    Received 30 Sept 2010
  24. Application Permitted19/00005/CC

    Construction of a 4 bed dwelling - plot 369 (Community Street)

    Plot 369 Ambrosden Bicester OX25 2DA

    Received 21 Feb 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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