Proposed Himley Village North West Bicester Middleton Stoney Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 1RT Data via plota.co.uk

26/01416/DISC - Discharge Of Conditions Approved

Proposal

PARTIAL DISCHARGE of Condition 40 (Water Network Upgrade) for Phases 1 and 2 (first 500 dwellings) of Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Sept 2026, 22:20

Application progress

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Received

4 Jun 2026

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Approved

13 Jul 2026

Approved on 13 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Document · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Consultation Response Document · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project about 45 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange

The site is about 45 m from the project boundary. Rail freight interchange, under examination.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 43 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Cherwell
Application type: Discharge Of Conditions
Postcode: OX26 1RT
Received: 4 Jun 2026
Validated: 4 Jun 2026
Ward: Fringford And Heyfords
Parish: Bucknell
Target decision: 24 Sept 2026
Decision: Permitted
Decision date: 13 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024

Non-material amendment to 14/02121/OUT - Alterations to the description of development to…

24/01671/NMA 20 Jun 2024

2024

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Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved

Lovelynch House Middleton Stoney Road Bicester OX26 1RT

Erect a timber garden machinery store onto a concrete base

20/02048/F 23 Sep 2020

2020 Approved

Lovelynch House Middleton Stoney Road Bicester OX26 1RT

Erect a timber garden machinery store onto a concrete base

20/02048/F 23 Sep 2020

Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Cherwell is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #247 out of 296. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Cherwell decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

92%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #77 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #101 of 296

47%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #247 of 296

49%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #218 of 296

77%

Minor dwellings approved

117 decided (1-9 homes)

95%

Major dwellings approved

19 decided (10+ homes)

96%

Change of use approved

47 decided

1,091

Total decisions

90 refused in the year to March 2026