Cabot Park, Unit 3 Empire Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2GE Data via plota.co.uk

26/02254/F - Full Development Under Consultation

Proposal

Erection of temporary canopy, cell storage container, security fencing (including gates) and two air conditioning units Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 01:18

Application progress

✓

Received

28 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

1 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 26 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 23 Nov 2026, from Cherwell's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Comments are open until 29 Oct 2026

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Documents 7

Plans & drawings 5

PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans – Details Document · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Proposed Document · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Plans - Site Document · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Reading). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

Survey report ↗

National infrastructure project about 329 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange

The site is about 329 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.

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.

Building

Floor area363 m² (3,907 sq ft)

Energy ratingA+ (asset rating -23)

UseStorage or Distribution

HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Cherwell
Application type: Full Development
Postcode: OX26 2GE
Received: 28 Aug 2026
Validated: 1 Oct 2026
Ward: Bicester North And Caversfield
Parish: Bicester
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 27 of the 56-day target. Cherwell usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 53.

prediction

Day 2729 days to the 56-day target

80%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

99decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by Cherwell in the last twelve months, from validation. Cherwell decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 29 Oct 2026

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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.