Plot F The Ranges Bicester OX26 5AR Data via plota.co.uk

26/02007/OUT - Outline Application Under Consultation

Proposal

Outline planning application 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 Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 01:18

Application progress

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Received

7 Aug 2026

✓

Validated

17 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 16 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 73.

The consultation period closed on 18 Sept 2026.

Documents 57

Plans & drawings 11

Consultation & comments 17

Other documents 29

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project 251 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Bicester built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 6 October 2026. 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: Outline Application
Postcode: OX26 5AR
Received: 7 Aug 2026
Validated: 17 Aug 2026
Ward: Launton And Otmoor
Parish: Launton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Nov 2026
Decision level: Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 73, past the statutory target. 77% of commercial and major works in Cherwell are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 16 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 7317 days past the 56-day target

50%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

16%go to committee

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

Public comments

2comments received

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 18 Sept 2026

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