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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
49,859Searchable applications
1,833Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 42,347 approved or refused records
3,524Refused applications

38,823 approved · 3,524 refused · 2,246 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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 Withdrawn26/02567/TPO

    Lime trees T7 and T8 - lift crown to 5.2m all round through the removal of secondary branches only. Trees subject to TPO 16/2026.

    2 Hollybush Road Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LY

    Received 15 Sept 2026
  2. Application Permitted20/01433/F

    Rebuilding front stone steps with the original stone; works to the front garden

    35 Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AH

    Received 3 Jun 2020
  3. Application Permitted15/00625/F

    Erection of two storey front extension to include porch canopy, single storey front extension, first floor side extension and two storey rear extension (revised scheme of 14/00135/F)

    13 Sanderling Walk Banbury OX16 9YW

    Received 7 Apr 2015
  4. Application Permitted16/01164/LB

    Replacement of two dormer windows on front elevation. Proposed replacements to be timber hardwood with 25mm horizontal transom bar. Flush side hung casements, double glazed with 14mm sealed units

    Charters House High Street Deddington Banbury OX15 0SL

    Received 15 Jun 2016
  5. Application Permitted25/01276/F

    Replacement of existing windows with new timber windows in the same style as existing with Heritage slim double glazing

    Balscote Mill House The Plain Road Shutford Oxfordshire OX15 6EY

    Received 16 May 2025
  6. Application Permitted23/03410/F

    Single storey front and rear extensions

    26 Winchester Close Banbury OX16 4FP

    Received 4 Dec 2023
  7. Application Permitted16/01778/LB

    Erection of a new porch and glazed link, removal of 1960s gables, and relocation of 1no. metal flue and insertion of a second flue

    Clifton Mill Main Street Clifton Banbury OX15 0PE

    Received 1 Sept 2016
  8. Application Permitted24/01429/TCA

    T1 - Sorbus - Crown raise to 3 .5 metres all round.reduce back to clear property by 1 metre. Reduce back from access by 1 metre

    Street Record Grove Court Deddington

    Received 24 May 2024
  9. Application Permitted24/01048/F

    Proposed new roof to existing outbuilding and conversion to games room/gym with wc/shower with associated alterations

    3 The Oval Bicester OX26 2EN

    Received 18 Apr 2024
  10. Application Permitted21/00551/TCA

    T1 x Pine, T2 x Ash, T3 x Hornbeam - Power line clearance to create 30cm clearance from the ABC by removing small primary branches. The client wishes to undertake sympathetic pruning to avoid the network operator from getting in contact with her elderly mother or instructing line clearance work and damaging the trees.

    The Laurels 1 Brooklyn Gardens Weston On The Green OX25 3PX

    Received 19 Feb 2021
  11. Application Permitted16/00240/TCA

    T1 x Corsican Pine - Reduce back the extended lateral branch the grows towards Mill Lane by up to 4.0 m. Reduce the upper stem down to when chain has girdled it. Reduce the opposite side of the tree from Mill Lane by up to 4.0 m

    Mill House Mill End Kidlington OX5 2EG

    Received 12 Sept 2016
  12. Observations25/02831/TEL

    Installation of 2no 9m light wooden pole and 1no 9m light wooden pole

    Street Records x2 Milton Road Bloxham OX15 4HD

    Received 28 Oct 2025
  13. Application Permitted12/00310/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3, 4 and 5 of 12/00526/F

    1 Church Street Somerton Oxfordshire OX25 6NB

    Received 14 Dec 2012
  14. Application Permitted24/00152/F

    Single storey flat roof extension to rear with roof lantern. Associated internal arrangements. New external combi oil boiler to rear of dwelling

    West Winds West Street Shutford Oxfordshire OX15 6PH

    Received 18 Jan 2024
  15. Application Permitted21/02469/F

    Two storey rear extension

    10 Fleet Farm Way Adderbury Banbury OX17 3FS

    Received 16 Jul 2021
  16. Application Permitted10/00369/DISC

    Discharge of condition 3 of 09/01391/LB.

    Barford House Horn Hill Barford St Michael Oxfordshire OX15 0RQ

    Received 22 Oct 2010
  17. Application Permitted14/00661/F

    Addition of 2 no. rooflights in side elevation (retrospective)

    114 Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9JR

    Received 25 Apr 2014
  18. Application Refused15/00970/F

    Rear two storey extension

    93 Corncrake Way Bicester OX26 6UF

    Received 28 May 2015
  19. Application Withdrawn23/00354/F

    Variation of Condition 2 (plans) of 22/03703/F – altered layout, elevation and roof plan of Tin Shed (Barn 05) building to increase width of en-suite and bedroom, and construct new cavity stone wall to include parapet, stone capping and new lead valley gutter

    Manor Farm Hethe Road Hardwick Bicester OX27 8SS

    Received 9 Feb 2023
  20. Application Permitted15/00589/F

    Single storey rear extension

    40 Mill Close Deddington Banbury OX15 0UN

    Received 1 Apr 2015
  21. Application Withdrawn17/00492/F

    Change of use from garage/workshop to two bedroom cottage

    Portway Cottage Ardley Road Somerton Bicester OX25 6NN

    Received 2 Mar 2017
  22. Application Permitted16/00670/F

    Alterations and erection of a first floor side extension and single storey Orangery type extension, replacement of timber gazebo with timber garden room and reposition small section of garden wall

    West End House West End Hornton Banbury OX15 6DA

    Received 11 Apr 2016
  23. Application Permitted25/01928/LB

    Remedial damp works/repairs to basement; below ground level window replacements

    Presbytery St John The Evangelist Presbyterian Church South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AF

    Received 24 Jul 2025
  24. Application Permitted19/00519/TCA_5

    FIVE DAY NOTICE T1 x Holm Oak - Fell.

    Mill Corner Lower Street Barford St Michael Banbury OX15 0RH

    Received 20 Mar 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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