Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
A nationally significant infrastructure project in Cherwell, Oxfordshire. An independent panel is examining the application.
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Where it is in the process
- Pre-application
- Submitted
- Pre-examination
- Examination
- Recommendation
- Decision due
- Decided
The site
The outline is the boundary the promoter published. It can include cable, pipeline or road routes as well as the main site. 471 hectares inside the published boundary.
What is proposed
An intermodal rail terminal served via new connections to the Chiltern Main Line (part of the Strategic Rail Freight Network), including container storage; Up to 603,850 sqm (approx. 6.5 million square feet) of warehousing, including ancillary office accommodation, plus up to 201,283 sqm of additional floorspace in the form of mezzanines. Maximum building heights are proposed at 25m; Improvements to Junction 10 of the M40 involving works on the A43 east of the M40, new slip roads to and from the M40 an Ardley Bypass to the east of Ardley; Improvements to Junction 9 of the M40 involving a dedicated slip road for vehicles travelling between the A43 and M40 northbound; A Heyford Park Link Road which runs from Camp Road south-east of Heyford Park and south of the proposed development to a new junction on the B430; A Middleton Stoney Relief Road around the north-eastern side of the village connecting from a new junction on the B430 to the existing B4030 which links over the M40 to Bicester which will remove key traffic flows from the centre of the village; The Principal Access to the Main Site will be from a new roundabout on the B430 in the north-eastern corner of the Main Site, south of the railway line. This primary access will serve all HGV and car traffic accessing the site; A Secondary Access into the Main Site will be provided from the Heyford Park Link Road for bus, pedestrian, cyclists and emergency vehicles only; Retention of the Grade II listed Threshing Barn at Ashgrove Farm as part of a Central Hub of estate management and communal facilities for the other development on the Main Site; Retained key landscape features and new landscaping and planting, including on the proposed earthwork bunds within the Main Site.
Linked planning applications
Council consultations, related applications and requirement sign-offs that quote this project.
- TR050008 · NSIP England · 31 March 2026
Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange. An intermodal rail terminal served via new connections to the Chiltern Main Line (part of the Strategic Rail Freight Network), including container storage; Up to 603,850 sqm (approx. 6.5 million square feet) of warehousing, including ancillary office a
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