Notice of Proposals: Pioneer Square, Bicester

The Cherwell District Council (Off-Street Parking Places) (Pioneer Square, Bicester) (Amendment) Order 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Cherwell District Council proposes, following consultation with the Police and with the consent of the Oxfordshire County Council, to make an Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act”), and the Traffic Management Act 2004 and all Guideline Orders and Regulations made under the Traffic Management Act 2004, and all other enabling powers. The effect of the Order is to:  

1. Bring the off-street parking place at Pioneer Square, Bicester within the regulatory provisions of the Cherwell District Council (Off Street Parking Places) (Banbury, Bicester and Kidlington) (No. 2) Order 2011 by the addition of this parking place to the Cherwell District Council (Off-Street Parking Places) (Banbury, Bicester and Kidlington) (No.2) Order 2011 and the annexation to that Order of Schedule 24 and Plan No.24 which prescribe  

  • the classes of vehicle able to use the parking place to be Private Cars, Motor Cycles, Scooters and Three-Wheeled Vehicles, Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles, Invalid Carriages/Disabled Persons’ Vehicles and Commercial Vehicles up to 2.5 tonnes unladen weight; 
  • the day and hours of operation to be all days, 24 hours per day 
  • the maximum period for which a vehicle may wait and the scale of charges to be: 

Maximum Period for which vehicle may wait

Scale of Charges
Disabled person's badge holders
Three hours
Free of Charge up to maximum stay permitted
No return within 1 hour on the same day
Hackney Carriages and Private Hire Vehicles
Only while picking up or setting down passengers
Free of Charge
 
Commercial Vehicles up to 2.5 Tonnes unladen weight
Only while loading or unloading goods
Free of Charge
 
Private Motor Vehicles 
Only while loading or unloading persons
Free of Charge
Motor Cycles, Scooters and Three-Wheeled Vehicles 
Only while loading or unloading persons
Free of Charge

The Order contains the full details of the changes. 

Documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order are available for inspection at the Council’s main office at the address below between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm Mondays to Fridays.  Alternatively, paper copies can be requested by emailing parking.services@cherwell-dc.gov.uk or by telephoning the Council’s Facilities Team on 01295 221599. 

Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should send the grounds for their objection in writing to:

Dated: 12 March 2026 

Shiraz Sheikh 
Monitoring Officer and Assistant Director Law and Governance 

Address: 39 Castle Quay, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5FD.