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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
49,616Searchable applications
1,832Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 42,128 approved or refused records
3,505Refused applications

38,623 approved · 3,505 refused · 2,233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted21/03449/F

    Install conservatory to the rear of the property

    3 Rowel Drive Begbroke OX5 1SE

    Received 11 Oct 2021
  2. Application Permitted19/00073/F

    Extension/alteration to provide 4no 1 bed flats and 1no 2 bed flat with ancillary facilities

    66 Bicester Road Kidlington OX5 2LF

    Received 14 Jan 2019
  3. Application Permitted19/00300/F

    Erection of one dwelling with internal bin and cycle storage, reconfiguration of the pub car park, new vehicle access off Main Street and new pedestrian access off Stratton Audley Road, erection of 1.8-metre-high close board timber fencing and associated landscaping following demolition of outbuildings

    The Butchers Arms Main Street Fringford Bicester OX27 8EB

    Received 19 Feb 2019
  4. Application Permitted18/00120/TCA

    FIVE DAY NOTICE T1 x Holly - Fell.

    23 Marlborough Road Banbury

    Received 18 Apr 2018
  5. Application Permitted15/02014/REM

    Reserved matters to 10/01642/OUT - Construction of an additional parking space at plot 21.

    27 Hart Walk Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5AF

    Received 4 Nov 2015
  6. Determined Application19/02748/ADJ

    Variation of conditions 3 (plans), 4 (soft landscaping), 11 (protection of retained trees), 28 (foodstore rooflight details) and 36 (no concessions within foodstore) of planning permission S/2013/0149/MAF [Hybrid application for a food store and petrol filling station (Full application) and a mixed use development including a care home; a primary care centre facility; employment development within use Classes B1, B2 and B8 and a hotel (Outline)] to allow a reduction in the size of the food store from 7,409sqm to 3,385sqm, a reduction in the size of the petrol filling station from 6 pumps to 3 pumps, a reduction in the car parking area from 441 spaces to 254 spaces and associated changes to the building design, site layout and landscaping. Also to allow the inclusion of an Argos unit within the food store and amendments to the stepped pedestrian access to Northampton Road necessitating additional tree works.

    Land Off Northampton Road And Turweston Road Brackley Outside Of Area Outside Of Area Oxfordshire

    Received 4 Dec 2019
  7. Application Permitted14/00009/F

    Single storey rear/side extension, replace existing garage, conservatory and kitchen roofs, re-render existing property.

    165 Bloxham Road Banbury OX16 9JU

    Received 6 Jan 2014
  8. Application Permitted12/01481/F

    Wooden picket fence - Retrospective

    15 Wood End Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9ST

    Received 22 Oct 2012
  9. Application Permitted22/01605/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 8 (sample panels - walls) of 22/00994/F

    47 Hightown Road Banbury OX16 9BE

    Received 30 May 2022
  10. Application Permitted17/02560/F

    Erection of detached garage

    The Quarries Quarry Road Hornton Banbury OX15 6DF

    Received 20 Dec 2017
  11. Application Refused23/01075/F

    Construct 12no parking spaces on open land to the west of Arden Close for use of residents

    Hedgerow Abutting Stratford Road And South East Of Arden Close Drayton

    Received 24 Apr 2023
  12. Application Withdrawn21/00090/F

    First floor side extension, two storey rear extension and external staircase to the side, to facilitate conversion of 3 dwellings into 4 dwellings

    63A Sandford Green Banbury OX16 0SB

    Received 11 Jan 2021
  13. Application Permitted12/00520/LB

    Alterations of previously approved reinstatement of dwelling/barn conversion

    Home Farm Bell Street Hornton Oxfordshire OX15 6DB

    Received 18 Apr 2012
  14. Application Permitted24/03135/TCA

    T1 x Turkey Oak (Front garden) - Reduce the crown back by 3 metres and remove major deadwood. T2 x Sycamore (Front garden) - Remove major deadwood.

    29 Mill Street Kidlington OX5 2EE

    Received 20 Nov 2024
  15. Application Permitted18/01394/F

    Change of use of annex from cottage to games room with kitchenette, shower and sauna

    Home Farm House Station Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DX

    Received 3 Aug 2018
  16. Application Permitted19/02623/F

    Demolition of existing buildings, erection of a replacement dwelling and associated outbuilding and landscaping of associated holding (revised scheme of 19/00007/F)

    High Haven Farm Hawthorn Hill South Newington OX15 4JP

    Received 19 Nov 2019
  17. Application Permitted19/01387/F

    Variation of Condition 2 (plans) of 16/01563/F - alterations to the design of the replacement dwelling, the erection of a replacement outbuilding, provision of a new 2m high wall and demolition of two bays of a stable building

    Muddle Barn Farm Colony Road Sibford Gower Banbury OX15 5RY

    Received 19 Jul 2019
  18. Application Permitted19/00967/F

    Change of Use of amenity land to domestic garden; extension of garden brick wall/domestic garden

    3 Welland Croft Bicester OX26 2GD

    Received 28 May 2019
  19. Application Permitted17/00407/F

    Single storey oak framed extension (revised scheme of 16/02057/F)

    Foxtownsend Farm Heyford Road Kirtlington Kidlington OX5 3HS

    Received 22 Feb 2017
  20. Under Consultation20/02537/TCA

    T1 x Pear - Sympathetic crown reduction of up to 2m to decrease the chances of failure due to wind loading, the included stem unions and increased wind exposure from removal of nearby trees.

    Westway Cottage Horn Hill Road Adderbury OX17 3EU

    Received 17 Sept 2020
  21. Application Permitted12/00260/TCA

    T1 to T4 x Leylandii - Reduce height to 10ft

    94 Mill Street Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2EF

    Received 21 Sept 2012
  22. Application Permitted25/01653/F

    Hip-to-gable roof alteration, rear roof extension, two roof lights to front roof slope and retention of two-storey side extension and single storey side and rear extension (retrospective) and change of use from Class C3 dwelling house to large HMO comprising 7 bedrooms for up to 7 people (sui generis) with associated car parking, cycle storage and refuse storage

    8 Cherry Road Banbury OX16 0RL

    Received 24 Jun 2025
  23. Prior Approval Not Required13/01463/AGN

    Erection of a steel portal framed building

    OS Parcel 8436 Boddington Road Claydon

    Received 20 Sept 2013
  24. Application Permitted16/00663/F

    Erection of two-storey side extension and single storey rear extension with associated alterations

    Park Farm House Oxford Road Adderbury Banbury OX17 3HH

    Received 11 Apr 2016

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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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