Transport planning consultants in Bicester.
Transport Statements, access and parking checks, and answers to highways comments for schemes in Bicester, for developers and the architects, planning consultants and engineers who work with them.
Cherwell District Council
decides planning applications
Oxfordshire County Council
highway authority for local roads
M40
run by National Highways
How schemes in Bicester get decided.
Two councils involved
Cherwell District Council decides the planning application, but Oxfordshire County Council is the highway authority and gives the highways response. We deal with both, so the evidence suits the county’s standards as well as the local plan.
What shapes schemes in Bicester
A fast-growing town with two stations, Bicester Village and M40 junction 9, and major growth sites on most of its edges. In the centre, the questions are servicing, parking and how people walk to the shops and the station. On the edges, it’s access, visibility and the main junctions.
Roads, rail and buses
The main roads are the A41 and A4421, near M40 junction 9. There’s a railway station, so the walking and cycling route to it counts for a lot in any application. Where a scheme adds traffic to the M40, National Highways needs to agree the evidence as well. We tell you early if yours does.
Questions we get asked
Who is the highway authority in Bicester?
Oxfordshire County Council, for local roads. Cherwell District Council decides the planning application and consults Oxfordshire County Council on highways matters. We deal with both. National Highways is responsible for the M40.
Do you cover the area around Bicester?
Yes, including Brackley, Buckingham and Oxford, and the villages and rural sites in between.
Will National Highways need to be involved?
Only if a scheme adds enough traffic to the M40 to matter. We check that at the start and, where it’s needed, agree the approach with them alongside the council.
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