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Cherwell Laboratories 6-8 Launton Business Centre Murdock Road Bicester OX26 4PL

26/01762/REN56Solar PhotovoltaicsApproved

Approved on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of photovoltaic system on the rooftop via a pitched roof clamp system

Received
10 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bicester East
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 46 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Cherwell Laboratories 6-8 Launton Business Centre Murdock Road Bicester OX26 4PL. Cherwell has handled 10,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than Cherwell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Bicester East. We hold 1,773 applications in total for the OX26 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
OX26 4PL
Application type
Solar Photovoltaics
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bicester

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2026
Last date for comments
2 September 2026
Target decision date
28 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Barnfield Crescent Exeter Devon EX1 1QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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.

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.

Source: Cherwell

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