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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
50,543Searchable applications
1,837Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 42,981 approved or refused records
3,562Refused applications

39,419 approved · 3,562 refused · 2,272 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Permitted17/01207/F

    Dropped kerb

    13 Beaumaris Close Banbury OX16 0XE

    Received 2 Jun 2017
  2. Application Permitted17/00037/TCA

    T1 x Beech - Remove to Ground Level

    Castle End House Castle Street Deddington Banbury OX15 0TE

    Received 27 Jan 2017
  3. Application Withdrawn18/01765/F

    Formation of a new service access to Bicester Village from the northbound carriageway of the A41 to the east of the A41/B4030 Junction

    OS Parcel 0084 Adjoining A41 South Of Tesco Oxford Road Bicester

    Received 10 Oct 2018
  4. Application Permitted22/00102/F

    Conversion of loft to habitable accommodation and associated alterations, including rooflights and dormer window to west. New bay window to west at ground floor. (Submission predominantly a renewal of 17/01587/F)

    Littlebury Backside Lane Sibford Gower OX15 5RS

    Received 14 Jan 2022
  5. Application Refused17/00120/DISC

    Discharge of condition 7 (Landscaping) of 15/00758/F (APP/C3105/W/16/3151655)

    McDonalds Baynards Green Bicester OX27 7SG

    Received 8 Mar 2017
  6. Application Permitted11/00290/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 12, 31, 34, 44 and 45 of 06/00967/OUT (in relation to parcel KM1 only)

    Land Parcel KM1 Land South West Of Bicester Adjoining Oxford Road And Middleton Stoney Road Bicester Oxfordshire

    Received 14 Oct 2011
  7. Application Permitted21/00272/F

    Variation of Condition 2 (development use) of 18/01636/F - Proposed condition wording: “The development hereby approved shall only be used for the purposes of providing a factory outlet shopping centre selling discounted high end designer goods, with ancillary office space for the management and operation of the centre, except to allow alternative uses subject to the following limits as apply to the whole of the Bicester Village Outlet Shopping Centre (as it exists at the date of this permission): 5,000 sqm floorspace (GIA) only for the display or retail sale of high end goods, other than hot food within Class E(a) use; for the sale of food and drink principally to visiting members of the public where consumption of that food and drink is mostly undertaken on the premises within Class E(b) use; for indoor sport, recreation or fitness (not involving motorised vehicles or firearms) within Class E(d) use; and for creche, day nursery or day centre (not including a residential use) within Class E(f) use ((as defined in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes Order) 1987 [as amended]); 1,000 sqm floorspace (GIA) of high end, full price confectionary and convenience goods sales within Class E(a) use (as defined in the Schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes Order) 1987 [as amended]); 1,000 sqm floorspace (GIA) at ground floor level across up to five retail units (Class E(a)) for the sale of full price high end designer goods but with no more than 330 sqm of internal floorspace in any one retail unit being used for such purposes.

    Bicester Village Pingle Drive Bicester

    Received 27 Jan 2021
  8. Application Permitted19/00439/REM

    Reserved matters to 10/01642/OUT - Dorchester Phase 7A, comprising the provision of eleven, two bed affordable dwellings with associated landscaping, car parking, infrastructure and external works.

    Heyford Park Camp Road Upper Heyford Bicester OX25 5HD

    Received 12 Mar 2019
  9. Application Permitted20/03100/DISC

    Discharge of conditions 3 (stone sample) of 20/01227/F

    Timber House Blackthorn Road Launton OX26 5DA

    Received 30 Oct 2020
  10. Application Permitted18/00115/DISC

    Discharge of Condition 3 (external wall colour scheme) of 17/00069/F

    Uplands Down End Hook Norton Banbury OX15 5LW

    Received 7 Mar 2018
  11. Application Permitted17/01169/F

    Creation of a new Swalcliffe Community Woodland play area

    Swalcliffe Park School Main Road Swalcliffe Banbury OX15 5EP

    Received 26 May 2017
  12. Application Permitted12/00121/DISC

    Discharge of conditions 5, 6, 7 and 8 of 10/00839/F - Appeal ref 11/00005/REFAPP

    OS Parcel 2678 Adj A43 A34 By Hampton Gay And Poyle Hampton Gay And Poyle Oxfordshire

    Received 22 May 2012
  13. Observations26/01450/TEL

    Upgrade electronic communications apparatus/development ancillary to radio equipment housing

    Telecommunications Mast 4962 Manor Farm Northampton Road Weston On The Green

    Received 9 Jun 2026
  14. Application Permitted12/00141/F

    Conversion of barn to dwelling

    Heath Barn Sibford Gower Oxfordshire

    Received 2 Feb 2012
  15. Application Permitted11/01394/F

    Erection of new entrance canopy, creation of footbridge, alterations to car park layout and erection of walls and recladding of roofs of polytunnels

    Bicester Avenue Garden Centre Oxford Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 2NY

    Received 14 Sept 2011
  16. Application Refused16/01916/F

    Two storey side extension, a utility room, garden room and front porch

    63 St Johns Way Hempton Banbury OX15 0QR

    Received 20 Sept 2016
  17. Application Permitted09/01832/LB

    Conversion of barn to self catering holiday accommodation.

    St James Farm Main Street Clifton Oxfordshire OX15 0PD

    Received 16 Dec 2009
  18. Application Permitted11/00138/DISC

    Discharge of Conditions 3 & 4 of 11/00027/F

    Colne House, Colne Close & Evenlode House, Evenlode Close Bicester Oxfordshire

    Received 25 May 2011
  19. Application Permitted11/01582/F

    Single and two storey rear extension - Resubmission of 10/01612/F

    330 Bretch Hill Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 0LP

    Received 17 Oct 2011
  20. Application Permitted22/00661/F

    Erection of ancillary detached outbuilding and greenhouse in the garden, and associated landscape works

    Wardington House, Sutherlands Banbury Road Through Wardington Wardington Oxfordshire OX17 1SD

    Received 4 Mar 2022
  21. Application Permitted11/00166/DISC

    Clearance of condition no's. 2, 4, 6 and 10 of 11/00553/F

    Berryfield Farm Hook Norton Road Hook Norton Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 5SD

    Received 22 Jun 2011
  22. Application Permitted12/00154/DISC

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4 and 5 of 12/00342/F

    Jaydees Stratford Road A422 Drayton Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 6EF

    Received 5 Jul 2012
  23. Application Permitted12/01677/F

    Retrospective - Erection of 480mm high post and chain driveway boundary divider

    27 Keats Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9QY

    Received 22 Nov 2012
  24. Application Permitted14/00226/F

    Retrospective extension and creation of 1 no. flat

    104 Causeway Banbury OX16 4SQ

    Received 11 Feb 2014

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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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