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26/02190/SO - Screening Opinion Under Consultation

Proposal

Request for Screening Opinion under Part 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 in relation to Outline Planning for The Ranges connection (with All Matters Reserved apart from access) for the provision of mixed-use business, industrial, commercial, service Classes B2 and E and ancillary storage space, with recreation and leisure space (including formal and informal amenity space and biodiversity enhancement); plus associated landscape, access, parking, associated infrastructure and ancillary works at Bicester Motion, Bicester… Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 02:16

Application progress

✓

Received

20 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 15 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Sept 2026 and 29 Sept 2026, from recent eia screening and scoping opinions across the UK.

Documents 1

Site constraints 2

Also on the record

Inside the Bicester built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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: Screening Opinion
Postcode: OX26 5AR
Received: 20 Aug 2026
Validated: 20 Aug 2026
Ward: Launton And Otmoor
Parish: Launton
Decision level: Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 25 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide eia screening and scoping opinions by day 33.

prediction

Day 2531 days to the 56-day target

81%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

821decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in Cherwell to go on. Cherwell decision record →

Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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