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42 London Road Bicester OX26 6BX

25/00474/FFull DevelopmentApproved
Full

Approved on 7 May 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Rear extension and loft conversion, change of Use from 5 bedroom HMO (Class C4) to 9 Bedroom HMO (Class Sui Generis) and new store and cycle storage

Received
24 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bicester South And Ambrosden
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 63 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 42 London Road Bicester OX26 6BX. Cherwell has handled 4,283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. The site is in the Bicester conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 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
Medium
Parish
Bicester

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2025
Last date for comments
2 May 2025
Target decision date
7 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Richard Court 7 Philcote Street Deddington OX15 0TB

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Additional information

Documents
21

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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Oct

    Conversion of existing cycle store to provide self-contained one bed unit to compliment existing 9 bed HMO…

    PendingFull Development26/02809/F
  2. 2026
    17 Mar

    Single storey extension to rear to create additional dining area

    ApprovedFull Development26/00694/F
  3. 2024
    21 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (boundary enclosures), 4 (Secured by Design measures), 5 (bin storage facilities)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/00782/DISC
  4. 2024
    15 Jan

    Rear extension and loft conversion. Change of use from 5 bedroom HMO (class C4) to 7 bedroom HMO (class sui…

    ApprovedFull Development24/00113/F
  5. 2023
    27 Oct

    Rear extension and loft conversion. Change of Use from 5 bedroom HMO (class C4) to 7 bedroom HMO (class sui…

    ApprovedFull Development23/03001/F

Source: Cherwell

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