Plans approved as part of 230 homes proposal near Bicester

A screening opinion application has been made to Cherwell District Council as part of an Environmental Impact Assessment ('EIA') for the proposal on land at Upper Heyford in Bicester.

The assessment is normally done prior to development but in this case has been done retrospectively.

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This comes as outline planning permission for the houses was requested in March 2022 and initially refused but subsequently allowed at appeal in March 2024.

A planning paper says: "The Proposed Development is a landscape-led wholly residential development providing up to 230 new homes across a mix of dwellings and apartments in both market and affordable tenures.

"The layout has been designed around landscaping, green spaces, linkages and the wet corridor running north-south along the entire western edge of the Site.

Bicester. (Image: Ed Nix.)

"Residential development is focused in central and eastern parts of the Site, with access roads running north from Camp Road."

Between 2011 and 2021 the population of Cherwell grew by 13.7 per cent.

This compares to population growth of 7.4 per cent in the South East and 5.9 per cent in Great Britain.

A target decision date is listed on the application as September 3 after it was received and validated on August 13.

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