Merton Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 4RN

Located in Banbury Town centre, the site offers convenient access to town centre retail and leisure amenities, as well as local employment at Thorpe Way and Chalker Way business parks.

The site is easily accessible from Junction 11 of the M40 (1.4 miles) and Banbury Mail Line Railway Station (0.1 miles) offering convenient access to Birmingham New Street (44 mins) and London Marylebone (56 mins).

Site History

The site is contaminated from its previous use as a vehicle breakers and gas works. More recently, the site has been used as a vehicle depot/workshop
and the site of a concrete batching plant.

A full suite of site investigations has been conducted and a summary report, together with a cost for remediation, has been provided by Sirius Geo-environmental which is available in the data room. Interested parties should contact Rob Howells (0113 264 9960) for further information and clarification.

Planning

The development site is identified as a strategic residential development site in the adopted Cherwell Local Plan Policy Banbury 19.

An outline planning application for the redevelopment of the site to residential use is currently being considered by Cherwell District Council (application ref. 16/00472/OUT).