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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39,155 approved · 3,544 refused · 2,259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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 Permitted23/03251/F

    Siting of a modular office unit, ancillary to the yard's principal use for the storage and distribution of scaffolding, and various associated works at the Site including the removal of a weigh bridge and creation of pedestrian gate in existing fence together with connections into the existing surface water and foul sewers

    Grundon Waste Management Waste Recycling And Transfer Complex Thorpe Mead Banbury OX16 4RZ

    Received 21 Nov 2023
  2. Application Permitted13/00240/DISC

    Clearance of conditions 3 & 10 of 13/00429/F

    Rectory Farm Main Street Oddington Kidlington OX5 2RA

    Received 19 Aug 2013
  3. Application Permitted20/00613/DISC

    Discharge of conditions 10 (boundary treatment details) 11 (external lighting details) of 20/00475/F

    Bicester Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester OX26 5HA

    Received 28 Feb 2020
  4. Application Permitted19/00878/CLUP

    Single storey rear extension

    1 William Close Banbury OX16 0UE

    Received 14 May 2019
  5. Application Permitted15/00054/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment to 11/01907/F (Plot 21) - A minor change to the conservatory to hand the design so that the windows on the side are replaced by the door and vice versa

    Yew Tree Farm Station Road Launton Bicester OX26 5DX

    Received 20 May 2015
  6. Application Permitted17/02453/F

    Two storey and single storey side and front extensions

    Rivendell Chapel Lane Bodicote Banbury OX15 4DB

    Received 6 Dec 2017
  7. Application Permitted18/01216/F

    Demolition of old borehole wooden shed and replacement with new larger wooden shed to accommodate new borehole plant filtering system The proposed new shed would allow for storage and an open trailer port. This is curtilage listed.

    Cottisford House Cottisford Brackley NN13 5SW

    Received 9 Jul 2018
  8. Application Permitted20/00011/F

    Alterations to garage including new pitched roof, amendments to fenestration and conversion to ancillary accommodation.

    15 Kingsway Drive Kidlington OX5 2LZ

    Received 2 Jan 2020
  9. Application Withdrawn20/00123/OUT

    Outline application for a food store including access and scale

    Cotefield Business Park Oxford Road Bodicote OX15 4AQ

    Received 20 Jan 2020
  10. Application Permitted26/02076/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 8 (Biodiversity Enhancement Scheme), 9 (Noise Mitigation), 10 (Details of alternative ventilation system), 11, 12 and 13 (Land Contamination) of 23/00610/F

    2 Banbury Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2BT

    Received 10 Aug 2026
  11. Application Permitted25/00960/F

    Temporary permission to allow the use of the existing Grundon’s lorry parking by the third party, including an installation of a temporary cabin unit and an erection of a temporary security fencing around the lorry parking area

    Grundon Waste Management Rocket Road Banbury OX16 4AJ

    Received 8 Apr 2025
  12. Application Refused17/00904/LB

    Erection of an oak framed garden room and reinstatement of external door to allow entrance into garden room

    Park Gate House Weston Road Bletchingdon Kidlington OX5 3DH

    Received 24 Apr 2017
  13. Application Permitted25/01139/F

    Development of a sui generis EV charging facility with associated lounge area, soft landscaping and other ancillary facilities

    Land At Stroud Park Ermont Way Banbury

    Received 1 May 2025
  14. Application Refused21/04012/F

    Two-storey side extension and part front single storey extension.

    1 Bowerman Close Kidlington OX5 1TP

    Received 30 Nov 2021
  15. Application Refused18/02012/CLUE

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use for the implementation of planning permission 15/00827/F for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of replacement dwelling and outbuildings and associated hardstanding by the improvement, laying out and construction of the existing means of access in accordance with condition 6 within 3 years of the date of the granting of the planning permission

    Manor Farm Bungalow Hornton Banbury OX15 6DB

    Received 21 Nov 2018
  16. Application Refused21/00086/LB

    Re-wire house; re-plumb house; re-plaster house; tank cellar; new bathroom; new kitchen; new flooring; make good loose roof tiles; make good chimney mortar; remove cupboard in bathroom; remove window in between wc and landing; remove bricks around chimney in living room; upgrade insulation of house; upgrade joists if needed to make house safe; change interior doors; change skirting

    7 Oxford Road Banbury OX16 9AH

    Received 12 Jan 2021
  17. Application Refused15/01538/F

    Erection of one new dwelling

    Land Adj To 33 Nuffield Drive Banbury

    Received 19 Aug 2015
  18. Application Permitted14/00757/F

    Installation of 10no, windows at first floor of south elevation

    Covenco Ltd 4 Lombard Way Banbury OX16 4TJ

    Received 12 May 2014
  19. Application Permitted13/00342/TCA

    Various tree works as per scanned schedule

    Heyford Park 131 Camp Road Upper Heyford

    Received 5 Nov 2013
  20. Application Permitted13/01241/F

    Rear conservatory

    30 Grebe Road Bicester OX26 3EL

    Received 12 Aug 2013
  21. Application Withdrawn22/01124/CLUP

    Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Development for the installation of 24 ground positioned solar panels to rear of property

    Treadwells Barn Marsh Gibbon Road Piddington OX25 1QG

    Received 13 Apr 2022
  22. Application Permitted18/00004/NMA

    Non-material amendment to 17/00866/F - Minor changes to elevations and building finishes; reconfigured glazing on elevation A, approved Timber effect Trespa to BOH changed to brickwork, omission of approved Cream render, window frames to be finished Dark Grey RAL 7022, entrance door opening transposed, 1 no. timber effect louvres omitted on elevation D, omission of high level window on elevation C

    McDonalds Beaumont Road Banbury OX16 1RH

    Received 9 Jan 2018
  23. Application Refused23/03276/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 15 (samples of the slates) and 18 (full details of the enclosures along all boundaries and within the site) of 23/00276/F

    2 Cherwell Street Banbury OX16 2BB

    Received 23 Nov 2023
  24. Application Permitted17/00221/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 5 (fixings, drainage and ventilation) and 6 (flooring) of 16/02612/LB

    Tadmarton Grange Main Street Upper Tadmarton Banbury OX15 5TB

    Received 4 May 2017

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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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