Land at Frieze Farm Frieze Way Gosford OX2 8JX Data via plota.co.uk

Under Consultation 26/00720/OUT
Date received
28 May 2026
Date validated
28 May 2026
Postcode
OX2 8JX

Description

Outline Planning Permission all matters reserved except access for multi phased (severable) Innovation District development accommodating up to 290,500sqm of gross external floorspace comprising: Up to 170,000sqm gross external area of Research & Development Floorspace (Use Class E(g)ii); up to 36,000sqm gross external area of Higher Education Floorspace including Visitors Centre and Innovation Hub (Use Class F1(a)); up to 34,000sqm gross external area of Data Centre Floorspace (Use Class B8); up to 7,500sqm gross external area Energy Centre Floorspace (Use Class Sui Generis); up to 3,300sqm residential floorspace [up to 45 dwellings] (Use Class C3); up to 8,200sqm gross external area of Hotel floorspace [180 Bedroom] (Use Class C1); up to 3,300sqm gross external area of Further Education College (Use Class F1(a)); up to 950sqm gross external area of Commercial Floorspace (Use Class E(a) & (b)); up to 900sqm gross external area of Fire Station Floorspace (Use Class Sui Generis); up to 450sqm gross external area of Community Floorspace (Use Class F2); and up to 47,000sqm gross external area of car parking station for up to 1700 spaces with associated vehicle charging infrastructure and cycle parking (Use Sui Generis). Development to include ancillary offices, storage and servicing within the related use and maximum floorspace. Highway works, including: a new signalised T-junction from the A4260 Frieze Way to the eastern development parcel; a left-in, left-out arrangement on the western side of the A4260 Frieze Way for accessing the western development parcel; Fire Station access on to Frieze Way; upgraded existing priority junction on the A44 Woodstock Road to a Copenhagen crossing; a Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge Over the A34 and Train Line to Oxford Parkway; on-site walking and cycling infrastructure including diversion of Public Right of Way; removal of 2no. existing field access; surface car parking for up to 100 spaces with associated vehicle charging infrastructure and cycle parking. Landscape and public realm, including country park, areas for sustainable urban drainage systems including ponds, biodiversity areas and earthworks including landform re-profiling and formation of sculptural mounds. Utilities and infrastructure including sub stations; together with enabling, site clearance and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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
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Cherwell decision performance
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