Land At Former Raf Bicester Bicester Motion Heritage Buckingham Road Bicester Data via plota.co.uk

26/02191/SO - Screening Opinion Decided
Commercial & major worksSchools, care & communityCommercial premises

Proposal

Request for screening opinion under part 2 of the town and country planning (environmental impact assessment) regulations 2017 in relation to outline planning application for the rushes (with all matters reserved apart from access) comprising of commercial, business and services uses (class e), light industrial (class b2), storage (b8), local community and learning uses (class f) and vehicle circuits and events use (sui generis), plus associated landscape, access, parking, associated infrastructure and ancillary works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Aug 2026
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Screening Opinion requesting EIA
10 Sept 2026

Screening Opinion requesting EIA on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Post Decision Correspondence Document · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Document · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF Consultation Response Document · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response Document · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response Document · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response Document · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Consultation Response Document · 7 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Supporting Documents Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

RAF Bicester conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Scheduled monument 27 m away: RAF Bicester: World War II airfield
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Building No 109 (Watch Tower and Office), Grade II, 41 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Heritage at risk 27 m away: Defence and ancillary structures at RAF Bicester, Bicester; National infrastructure project 1458 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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
Screening Opinion
Postcode
OX27 8AL
Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
Parish
Launton
Target decision
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Screening Opinion requesting EIA
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings