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38 London Road Bicester OX26 6BX

23/02056/FFull DevelopmentApproved
Full

Approved on 20 September 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from 6-bedroom HMO (Class C4) to 7-bedroom HMO (Sui Generis)—addition of 1 person.

Received
26 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bicester South And Ambrosden
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 38 London Road Bicester OX26 6BX. Cherwell has handled 4,283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Bicester conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Bicester South And Ambrosden. We hold 1,773 applications in total for the OX26 postcode area.

92% of full applications at Cherwell District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
OX26 6BX
Application type
Full Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bicester

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 July 2023
Last date for comments
8 September 2023
Target decision date
20 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Town Planning Expert Room 204 Portsmouth Technopole Kingston Crescent North End Portsmouth PO2 8FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bicester
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    11 Dec

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Secured by Design measures) for 23/02056/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions23/03479/DISC
  2. 2023
    26 Jul

    Change of use from 6-bedroom HMO (Class C4) to 7-bedroom HMO (Sui Generis)—addition of 1 person.

    This applicationApprovedFull23/02056/F

Source: Cherwell

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