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OS Parcel 7800 West Of Blackthorn Hill London Road Bicester

26/00395/SCOPScoping OpinionPending Decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Scoping Opinion request for application outline planning permission (the ‘Application’) for the construction of up to 1,000 dwellings, a care home, local centre, open space and associated infrastructure

Received
13 February 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
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  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided
9 weeks typical decision time in Cherwell81% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application at OS Parcel 7800 West Of Blackthorn Hill London Road Bicester. Cherwell has handled 549 applications of this type and approves 80% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. It was submitted on 13 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bicester conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 160 applications across Launton And Otmoor.

Application Details

Reference
26/00395/SCOP
Address
OS Parcel 7800 West Of Blackthorn Hill London Road Bicester
Local Authority
Cherwell
Application Type
Scoping Opinion
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
1000
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Scoping Opinion Issued
Ward
Launton And Otmoor
Parish
Blackthorn

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Turley 6 Atherton Street Manchester M3 3GS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 February 2026
Target Decision Date
10 April 2026
Date Validated
13 February 2026
Date Submitted
13 February 2026
Decision Issued
10 April 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Scoping Opinion Issued
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.898838, -1.151877
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Cherwell

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Planning constraints

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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