O2 Telecommunications Mast 649 Bicester Police Station Queens Avenue Bicester OX26 2NT Data via plota.co.uk

25/03209/TEL - Telecommunications Approved

Proposal

Existing tef 6no Antennas and 6no rrus to be removed and replaced with proposed tef 9no Antennas and tef 15no rrus on existing steelwork. Proposed tef 1no Dish to be installed on existing dish pole Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Dec 2025
✓
Approved
5 Jan 2026
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Appeal dismissed
16 Jan 2026

Approved on 5 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

National infrastructure project about 820 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
The site is about 820 m from the project boundary. Rail freight interchange, under examination. Also within 2 km: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements (at pre-application, about 854 m).
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; Inside the Bicester built-up area; Air quality management area about 48 m away: Air Quality Management Area No.4.
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
Telecommunications
Postcode
OX26 2NT
Received
10 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Ward
Bicester West
Parish
Bicester
Target decision
7 Jan 2026
Decision
No Observations
Decision date
5 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Dismissed · 16 Jan 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3374164 ↗

How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, 34 days faster than Cherwell's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
681decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. 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