Thames Valley Police Forensic Unit Howes Lane Bicester OX26 2ZA Data via plota.co.uk

26/02077/ADV - Advertisement Approved

Proposal

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

Application progress

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Received

10 Aug 2026

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Approved

2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Site constraints 4

National infrastructure project about 1049 m away: Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange

The site is about 1049 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; Inside the Bicester built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 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: Advertisement
Postcode: OX26 2ZA
Received: 10 Aug 2026
Validated: 10 Aug 2026
Ward: Bicester West
Parish: Bicester
Target decision: 5 Oct 2026
Decision: Permitted
Decision date: 2 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, 17 days faster than Cherwell's median of 70 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 98% of signs and adverts here are.

This one53d

Council70d

UK55d

35%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

47decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 1 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved

Thames Valley Police Authority Howes Lane Bicester OX26 2ZA

Temporary use of land for the installation of a grasscrete car park and 2.7m high securit…

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Cherwell

Planning Authority Score

3.6/10

Below average

#214 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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

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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