Planning applications in Cherwell

From the council’s own planning register, read in full from 2006. One of the councils’ registers on one map in Town Planner Pro.

Town Planner Pro holds 61,316 planning applications from the planning register of Cherwell, read in full from 2006 to 6 November 2026. Of the 52,231 approved or refused, 91% were approved. Figures as at 11 November 2026; the register was last read on 9 November 2026.

61,316

applications held

91%

of those approved or refused, approved

3,113

withdrawn

1,942

pending on the register

By year

By the year the council validated each application (received, where no date of validation is given). % approved is of those approved or refused.

Year	Applications	Approved	Refused	Withdrawn	% approved
2026 to date	2,279	1,261	102	40	93%
2025	2,716	2,056	133	66	94%
2024	2,797	2,186	208	79	91%
2023	2,998	2,302	323	109	88%
2022	3,210	2,423	291	144	89%
2021	3,611	2,615	328	186	89%
2020	3,075	2,282	228	148	91%
2019	3,016	2,339	187	136	93%
2018	3,223	2,632	179	165	94%
2017	3,571	2,785	286	177	91%
2016	3,477	2,550	334	268	88%
2015	3,459	2,605	263	233	91%
2014	3,137	2,595	167	113	94%
2013	2,818	2,318	168	131	93%
2012	2,583	2,209	144	111	94%
2011	2,663	2,284	156	88	94%
2010	2,677	2,273	162	113	93%
2009	2,121	1,773	131	133	93%
2008	2,366	1,863	249	179	88%
2007	2,638	2,064	253	246	89%
2006	2,458	1,928	233	200	89%

83% of the applications held are on the map, placed by the council’s own point or red line, the property, or the postcode. Outcomes are the register’s; an application whose outcome is not yet read counts in none of the three.

The appeals decided here are in the appeal record for Cherwell District Council.

Newest applications in Cherwell

The 40 most recently validated, newest first.

Pendingvalid 6 November 202626/02959/DISC
Friars Hll Hovel Friars Hill Wroxton OX15 6BA
Discharge of Condition 3 (samples of materials) of 23/03417/F
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 6 November 202626/02952/F
8 Aintree Way Bicester OX26 1DR
Garage conversion to home office
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 6 November 202626/02938/F
34 Seedling Road Bodicote Oxfordshire OX15 4UB
Two-storey side/rear extension, insertion of a ground-floor side window, and installation of dwarf walls and posts to the existing front entrance canopy.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 6 November 202626/02936/F
Concrete Hovel Wroxton Oxfordshire OX15 6ED
Conversion of agricultural building to a single dwellinghouse, including raising the roof by 250mm, installation of a flue, and associated access, parking, landscaping and drainage works (resubmission of scheme approved under 23/03052/F).
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 6 November 202626/02806/LB
Charters House High Street Deddington OX15 0SL
Installation of secondary glazing to 4no. windows which face onto the High Street. Replacement of 2no. glazed panels to main entrance door with new slimline double glazing
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02945/NMA
Land North West Of Grange Farm Station Road Launton
Non-material amendment to condition 4 of 23/03433/REM to permit the occupation of no more than 70% of dwellings prior to the installation of fencing serving the local equipped area of play
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02942/DISC
Land East Of Pipal Cottage Oxford Road Kidlington
Discharge of Condition 22 (Ecology Walkover) of 23/01233/OUT
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02955/DISC
The Homestead The Green Barford St Michael OX15 0RN
Discharge of Condition 3 (joinery details) of 24/03353/LB
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02946/DISC
3 George Street Bicester OX26 2EB
Discharge of Condition 3 (car parking provision) of 18/00081/F
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02944/AGD
Paradise Farm Wigginton Road South Newington OX15 4JS
Excavation of a reservoir to provide water for livestock, spreading of excavated material on adjoining farmland and erection of associated safety fencing
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02943/AGN
Paradise Farm Wigginton Road South Newington OX15 4JS
Excavation of a reservoir to provide water for livestock, spreading of excavated material on adjoining farmland
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02917/CLUP
Chevalier House Ploughley Road Ambrosden Oxfordshire OX25 2RH
Conversion of existing loft space into habitable accommodation and insertion of a rooflight into both side elevations
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02899/F
Agricultural Barn Alkerton Hill Shenington OX15 6JS
Erection of barn
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02702/F
Flats 1 To 4 Jubilee Court Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5TR
Replacement of roofs covering, rainwater goods, fascias, soffits, slate vertical cladding, leadwork, windows ,external sliding patio doors, single doors and external communal lighting to rear elevation and passage way
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 5 November 202626/02594/F
Manor Lodge Manor Road Adderbury Oxfordshire OX17 3EL
Addition of two windows to first floor
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02928/DISC
Land North And South Of Pingle Drive Bicester
Discharge of Condition 3 (Occupation Notice) of 25/00119/F
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02926/DISC
Phase 1 Land Opposite Hanwell Fields Recreation Adj To Dukes Meadow Drive Banbury
Discharge of Conditions 20 (water capacity) and 23 (external lighting) of 21/03426/OUT.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02956/MA56
The Pheasant Pluckers Inn Burdrop OX15 5RQ
Change of Use of the Public House (sui generis, formerly A4) to residential (C3)
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02927/F
1 The Old Almshouses Middle Street Islip OX5 2SE
First floor extension to existing carport
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02925/F
103 Broughton Road Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9QH
Extension to the front of the house to extend the existing single garage into a double garage.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202625/02559/LB
59 High Street Banbury OX16 5JJ
RETROSPECTIVE - Internal and external alterations
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202625/02558/F
59 High Street Banbury OX16 5JJ
RETROSPECTIVE - Change of Use for the upper floors to be used as a six bedroom HMO (Use Class C4) and external alterations
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02913/F
6 Butchers Row Banbury OX16 5JH
Change of Use from tattoo parlour (sui generis) to private members club - licensed (sui generis)
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02911/F
The Old Post Office Shutford Road Balscote OX15 6JW
Demolition of existing timber framed garage and erection of a 2 bay timber framed garage with first floor access, to provide office home working and storage facility
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02876/DISC
Ivy Cottage The Green Great Bourton Oxfordshire OX17 1QH
Discharge of Conditions 3 (rainwater goods) and 4 (details for dormers) of 24/02876/F
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02810/F
Seaven Ivy Lane Shutford Oxfordshire OX15 6PD
Rear and side two storey extensions, front porch, and re-modelling of house with external render and insulation and new slate roof coverings
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02746/F
6 Wolsey Court Woodstock OX20 1QP
Conversion of outbuilding to ancillary annexe
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02920/NMA
Zone 3A Home Zone 2 & 3 Graven Hill Road Ambrosden
Amendments to the drainage strategy and associated infrastructure, together with hard and soft landscape proposals within Swale Park North. Additional tree planting has been made within the open space to the North of Beckett Way. (Proposed as non material amendment to 21/03654/REM)
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02919/DISC
Land North East Of Oxford Road West Of Oxford Canal And East Of Bankside Banbury
Discharge of Conditions 16 (Phasing Plan), 20 (Training & Education Plan) and 25 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) of 25/02738/F
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 4 November 202626/02879/F
16-18 Banbury Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2HJ
Change of use of car showroom (sui generis) to charity goods recycling and storage facility with ancillary retail element (sui generis). Internal alterations including the construction of a mezzanine floor.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202626/02930/NMA
Proposed Surgery Community Hall Nursery Residential Longford Park Phase 2 Longford Park Road Banbury
Amendment to refuse store located to the rear of the retail parade (proposed as non material amendment of 24/00897/F)
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202626/02909/F
114 Oxford Road Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 1DZ
Demolition of existing garage and outbuilding and erection of a detached three-bay garage with associated garden storage.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202626/02646/F
14 First Floor Market Square Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 6AD
Installation of a wall-mounted dual electric vehicle charging unit to the rear of 13–14 Market Square, including associated electrical cabling, support frame and wall penetrations.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 3 November 202626/02873/DISC
Land Parcel 5257 East Of Bloxham Road Banbury
Discharge of Conditions 2 (materials and finishes), 3 (sample panel - natural ironstone), 4 (sample brick panels), 5 (render), 6 (tiles/slate - roof), 7 (external facing materials - dormer windows), 11 (enclosures), 12 (CTMP), 13 (Phase Biodiversity Enhancement Plan), 14 (bat/bird/owl/invertebrate boxes), 15 (LEMP), 16 (CEMP: Biodiversity), 18 (external lighting plan), 21 (IMP), 22 (purpose-built tree pits), 23 (tree pits - soft landscaped areas) and 24 (footpath/cycle links) of 25/03180/REM (Third Phase)
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202626/02908/LB
88 High Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5JE
Internal alterations to facilitate the conversion of part of the ground floor retail unit to vertical cycle storage for the proposed upper floor use and conversion of the upper floors of the building into a 6-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and a separate self-contained studio apartment. Addition of 2 new windows to east elevation and 2 new roof lights to north elevation.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202626/02910/F
Adderbury Methodist Church Chapel Lane Adderbury OX17 3NA
Variation of Condition 3 (opening hours) of 26/01583/F - Variation of the approved operating hours to permit opening from 7.30am rather than 8.00am Monday to Friday
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202626/02907/F
88 High Street Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 5JE
Conversion of part of the ground floor retail unit to vertical cycle storage for the proposed upper floor use. Conversion of the upper floors of the building into a 6-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and a separate self-contained studio apartment. Addition of 2 new windows to east elevation and 2 new roof lights to north elevation.
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202626/02882/F
The Dormers North Lane Weston On The Green Oxfordshire OX25 3RG
Freestanding amateur radio aerial installation in the rear yard, for private amateur radio use: single pole with cross-boom, two Yagi aerials and rotator (retrospective)
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202626/02870/F
9 Hampden Close Bicester OX26 4UG
Single storey rear extension and garage conversion
The council’s page
Pendingvalid 2 November 202626/02852/LB
Amci Europe Building 90 A1 Bicester Motion Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester OX27 8AL
Alterations to Building 90 including installation of glazed doors, installation of air source heat pumps, thermal upgrades and changes to internal layout with associated screening and conservation works.
The council’s page

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