16-18 Banbury Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2HJ

26/02879/FFull DevelopmentAwaiting decision

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

Proposal

Change of use of car showroom (sui generis) to charity goods recycling and storage facility with ancillary retail element (sui generis). Internal alterations including the construction of a mezzanine floor.

Received: 30 October 2026
Decision due: 30 December 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cherwell District Council
Ward: Bicester West

ReceivedReceived30 Oct
ValidatedValidated4 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date30 Dec
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 16-18 Banbury Road Bicester Oxfordshire OX26 2HJ. Cherwell has handled 284 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 November 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Bicester West. We hold 1,773 applications in total for the OX26 postcode area.

92% of full development 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 2HJ
Application type: Full Development
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bicester

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Decision: Decision Issued Date
Case officer: Samuel Dix

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.

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

Source: Cherwell

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