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Cherwell, Multiple Planning Notices

OX26 6XUPublished 16/10/25
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What is planned?

CHERWELL DISTRICT COUNCIL

Notice under Article 15(3) of Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015

Application for Subsequent Consent accompanied by an Environmental Statement

Proposed development at

Land on the North East Side of Gavray Drive, Bicester (21/03558/OUT)

I give notice that L&Q Estates Limited have applied to Cherwell District Council on 18 October 2021 for planning permission for “OUTLINE – Residential development for up to 250 dwellings including affordable housing and ancillary uses including retained Local Wildlife Site, public open space, play areas, localised land remodelling, compensatory flood storage, structural planting and access” and that application was accompanied by an environmental statement.

The proposal constitutes “major” development.

Since the previous re-consultation, the following additional information has been received:

An addendum to the ES comprising:

– Transport Assessment Addendum

– Ecological baseline update

– Addendum Arboricultural Note

– Ecological Management Plan

– Biodiversity Impact Assessment

– Cultural heritage

– Flood Risk Assessment

– Drainage Strategy East

– Drainage Strategy West

– Landscape Strategy

– Air Quality Assessment

– Noise and Vibration Review

– Sustainability Statement

– Conclusions

Revised Plans:

– Land Use Parameter Plan Rev B

– Access & Movement Parameter Plan Rev B

– Open Space Parameter Plan Rev B

– Density Parameter Plan Rev B

– Building Heights Parameter Plan Rev B

– Illustrative Masterplan Rev C

– Illustrative Masterplan North-West Parcel Rev B

– Illustrative Masterplan South-East Parcel Rev B

– Design and Access Statement

Members of the public may inspect copies of:

• the application and plans

• the environmental statement

• and other documents submitted with the application at Cherwell District Council offices, 39 Castle Quay, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5FD between the hours of 8.45am – 5.15pm Monday to Friday inclusive during the period of 30 days beginning with the date of this notice. Details of the application are available to view through the Council’s website via the Online Planning Service at https://planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk/. Please be advised that details of the application may be amended at any time before a final decision is issued, therefore you are advised to monitor the application’s progress via the Online Planning Service where amended plans will be posted. Should you wish to receive updates, please register online using the “Track an Application” option.

Copies of the application and the Environmental Statement have also been sent to the relevant Parish/Town Councils.

Members of the public may obtain copies of the application and the Environmental Statement by from David Lock Associates, 50 North Thirteenth Street, Central Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, MK9 3BP. There may be a cost involved for obtaining a copy of the environmental statement.

Anyone who wishes to make representations about this application should do so via the online Planning Register using the above link. Alternatively, please email planning@cherwell-dc.gov.uk, or write to the Assistant Director for Planning and Development, Cherwell District Council, 39 Castle Quay, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5FD by 15 November 2025.

Please quote application number 21/03558/OUT on all correspondence.

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACTS

APPLICATIONS THAT REQUIRE STATUTORY ADVERTISEMENT

25/02277/F – Merton – Merton Stud Merton Bicester OX25 2NF – Demolition of existing storage barn and erection of two dwellinghouses with associated works – Mr and Mrs O’Neill.

25/02373/F – Arncott – Land at Brook Farm Murcott Road Upper Arncott – Installation of a solar PV farm together with ancillary infrastructure and equipment, landscaping and access – Conrad Energy (Developments) II Limited.

25/02373/F – Arncott – Land at Brook Farm Murcott Road Upper Arncott – Installation of a solar PV farm together with ancillary infrastructure and equipment, landscaping and access – Conrad Energy (Developments) II Limited.

25/02494/F – Fringford – White Cottage Rectory Lane Fringford Bicester OX27 8DX – Sub-division of the existing house and site, re-instating the original two dwelling configuration. Related single storey extensions and external alterations. Altered and new vehicular access/parking provision – Mr James Hall.

These are householder applications: any appeal in writing against refusal for planning permission will be sent to the Secretary of State, after which you won’t be able to comment further. Full details of these applications may be inspected during normal office hours at the Council Offices, or at https://planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk/ 

. Alternatively, relevant applications have been sent to the respective Clerks to the Parish Councils or Meetings. Representation on applications should be sent by the expiry date listed below to the Assistant Director for Planning and Development, 39 Castle Quay, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5FD. Any representations received cannot be treated as confidential in view of the provisions of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act, 1985.

Expiry 06/11/2025

DAVID PECKFORD – ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT – CHERWELL DISTRICT COUNCIL

Open to feedback

From

23-Oct-2025

To

15-Nov-2025

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