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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
50,237Searchable applications
1,835Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 42,699 approved or refused records
3,544Refused applications

39,155 approved · 3,544 refused · 2,259 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Dec 2009 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted21/03434/F

    Demolition of existing building. Erection of 3 storey building comprising replacement retail unit on part ground floor, plus 2x1 and 7x2 bed apartments over three floors. Car parking, cycle parking, bin stores and landscaping

    25 Oxford Road Kidlington OX5 2BP

    Received 7 Oct 2021
  2. Application Withdrawn20/03693/F

    Demolition of the existing building containing two shops and the erection of two 4 storey blocks containing 28 small flats

    16 - 18 Sheep Street Bicester OX26 6TB

    Received 23 Dec 2020
  3. Application Permitted15/01471/LB

    To repair and re-build boundary wall in rear garden

    The Old Farmhouse Paddock Farm Lane Bodicote Banbury OX15 4BT

    Received 11 Aug 2015
  4. Application Permitted15/01394/F

    Single storey rear extension, external wall of new extension to continue as new boundary wall replacing existing timber fence

    Binn End Burdrop Banbury OX15 5RQ

    Received 27 Jul 2015
  5. Determined Application16/00061/ADJ

    Details of reserved matters (layout, scale, appearance and landscaping) for the first phase of the Barton Park Development

    Phase 1 Barton Road Oxford Outside Of Area Outside Of Area Oxfordshire

    Received 12 Jan 2016
  6. Application Permitted11/00229/DISC

    Clearance of condition no's 3 & 4 of 11/00828/LB

    Crouch Farm Bloxham Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9UN

    Received 30 Aug 2011
  7. Application Permitted15/00230/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 of 15/00415/LB

    The Old Sweet Shop Netting Street Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5NP

    Received 10 Jun 2015
  8. Application Permitted23/02816/NMA

    The swapping of the refuse store and the cycle store directly with each other. Refuse store moves to the front of the building within the back of house area, cycle store moves to the back of the building within the back of house area (proposed as non-material amendment to 21/04233/F )

    The Ley Community Sandy Lane Yarnton

    Received 10 Oct 2023
  9. Application Refused18/00039/NMA

    Non-material amendment to 15/01215/REM - Alteration to children's play area to provide play equipment in one location

    OS Parcel 0063 North East Of Crouch Hill Farm Adjoining Broughton Road Banbury

    Received 23 Mar 2018
  10. Application Permitted26/00434/TCA

    T1 Lawson Cyprus - Reduce by 3 metres T2 Damson - Fell, retain neighbouring tree T3 Hornbeam - Crown lift over lawn by 3 metres

    7 Bean Acre Road Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5UA

    Received 17 Feb 2026
  11. Application Permitted21/02849/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (delivery and servicing plan), 4 (parking plan), 5 (covered cycle parking facilities) & 6 (electrical vehicle charging infrastructure) of 20/03653/F

    The Stables At Bloxham Nursery Ells Lane Bloxham Banbury OX15 5EE

    Received 17 Aug 2021
  12. No Objections21/01395/TEL

    Intention to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus - 1 x 11m light pole

    Adjacent 23 Beaconsfield Road, Banbury, OX16 9EW

    Received 20 Apr 2021
  13. Application Permitted26/00666/TCA

    T1 Hazel Coppice - reduce height by 3 metres back to growth points, shape and remove selected stems.

    The Croft Banbury Road Through Wardington Wardington OX17 1SE

    Received 16 Mar 2026
  14. Application Permitted22/03780/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 4 (timber cladding) of 21/01476/LB

    Stone Hill House Stone Hill Bloxham OX15 4PT

    Received 16 Dec 2022
  15. Application Permitted17/00940/CLUE

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use of land for the siting of a mobile home used as a domestic dwelling

    Caravan At Sugarswell Farmhouse Sugarswell Lane Shenington Banbury OX15 6HW

    Received 28 Apr 2017
  16. Application Permitted23/00732/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (access details) of 19/00440/REM

    Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford OX25 5HD

    Received 17 Mar 2023
  17. Application Permitted18/00374/F

    Single storey extension to side

    Larch House 9 Oak Farm Close Milcombe Banbury OX15 4GB

    Received 2 Mar 2018
  18. Application Permitted25/01920/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Biodiversity Enhancement Statement) of 25/00549/F

    Wayside Cottage Church Lane Horton Cum Studley OX33 1AW

    Received 23 Jul 2025
  19. Application Permitted23/03022/TCA

    T1 x Plum - Crown reduction of the plum by approximately 2 metres, removal of crossing branches and dead wood.

    Plum Cottage Philcote Street Deddington Oxfordshire OX15 0TB

    Received 30 Oct 2023
  20. Application Permitted13/00998/F

    Proposed single storey rear extension and garage conversion

    5 Spenser Close Bicester OX26 2FA

    Received 2 Jul 2013
  21. Application Permitted25/02366/F

    Conversion of the two existing semi-detached dwellings into a single family dwelling. Two storey rear extensions to both 326 and 328 Bretch Hill. Erection of a central front porch.

    326-328 Bretch Hill Banbury OX16 0LP

    Received 12 Sept 2025
  22. Application Permitted15/02141/F

    Single storey rear extension (to replace conservatory)

    3 Longfellow Close Bicester OX26 2XX

    Received 24 Nov 2015
  23. Application Permitted17/02384/REM

    Reserved Matters to outline ref. 14/01632/OUT - 2 No proposed dwellings with consideration of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale (minor amendments to eaves height)

    Land South West Of The Surgery Stocking Lane Shenington

    Received 27 Nov 2017
  24. Application Refused22/01789/NMA

    Substitution of permeable block paving to parking bay surfacing with a porous bituminous macadam surface (proposed as non-material amendment to 21/03195/F)

    Begbroke Science Park Begbroke Hill Begbroke Oxfordshire OX5 1PF

    Received 16 Jun 2022

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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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