Building G5 MoD Bicester Palmer Avenue Lower Arncott OX25 1QS

23/02215/DEMPrior Approval - DemolitionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 September 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior approval for demolition - The proposed demolition is required as the building is old, not in use and in a poor state of repair

Received: 9 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cherwell District Council
Ward: Launton And Otmoor

ReceivedReceived9 Aug
ValidatedValidated9 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 Sep
DecidedDecided28 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Building G5 MoD Bicester Palmer Avenue Lower Arncott OX25 1QS. Cherwell has handled 549 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 13 days quicker than Cherwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Launton And Otmoor. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the OX25 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at Cherwell District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: OX25 1QS
Application type: Prior Approval - Demolition
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bicester

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 August 2023
Target decision date: 29 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Ellie Lewtas 3 Sovereign Square Sovereign Street Leeds LS1 4ER

Planning decision

Statutory period: 51 days

Additional information

Documents: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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.

Source: Cherwell

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