Plan: An intermodal rail terminal served via new connections to the Chiltern Main Line (part of the Strategic Rail Freight Network), including container storage; Up to 603,850 sqm (approx. 6.5 million square feet) of warehousing, including ancillary office accommodation, plus up to 201,283 sqm of additional floorspace in the form of mezzanines. Maximum building heights are proposed at 25m; Improvements to Junction 10 of the M40 involving works on the A43 east of the M40, new slip roads to and from the M40 an Ardley Bypass to the east of Ardley; Improvements to Junction 9 of the M40 involving a dedicated slip road for vehicles travelling between the A43 and M40 northbound; A Heyford Park Link Road which runs from Camp Road south-east of Heyford Park and south of the proposed development to a new junction on the B430; A Middleton Stoney Relief Road around the north-eastern side of the village connecting from a new junction on the B430 to the existing B4030 which links over the M40 to Bicester which will remove key traffic flows from the centre of the village; The Principal Access to the Main Site will be from a new roundabout on the B430 in the north-eastern corner of the Main Site, south of the railway line. This primary access will serve all HGV and car traffic accessing the site; A Secondary Access into the Main Site will be provided from the Heyford Park Link Road for bus, pedestrian, cyclists and emergency vehicles only;Retention of the Grade II listed Threshing Barn at Ashgrove Farm as part of a Central Hub of estate management and communal facilities for the other development on the Main Site; Retained key landscape features and new landscaping and planting, including on the proposed earthwork bunds within the Main Site.
Reported status and procurement
Reported development
This project is at the examination stage. During the examination stage, anyone who has registered to have their say can submit comments at the deadlines set out in the examination timetable. You may also attend hearings, if hearings are held.
Procurement availability
Unknown / not established
A source report alone does not establish current progress or an open buying window.
Project summary
Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange is described as a proposed intermodal rail terminal and logistics development at the stated location. Its described scope includes connections to the Chiltern Main Line, container storage, warehousing and road improvements. These are proposed works, not evidence that construction has started. The supplied project-page text described the project as being at examination stage in material observed on 2026-10-01; that observation does not confirm its status on 2026-10-16.
Evidence limits and unknowns
Whether the examination stage continued after the source observation on 2026-10-01 is unverified; the supplied text does not establish the project's status on 2026-10-16.
The supplied project-page text does not identify a procurement timetable, budget, supplier package or appointed contractor.
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Project metadata
Country
United Kingdom Based on reviewed release evidence
Region
Europe
Category
Transport and logistics Derived from released evidence
Physical assets
Railway, Road
Based on this release's supporting evidence. Unresolved fields remain unclassified; these labels do not establish current progress or a buying window.
Released facts and supporting evidence
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Project name
Source reported
Oxfordshire Strategic Rail Freight Interchange
Attributed to Planning Inspectorate.
Source: Planning Inspectorate · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-01
Sources and evidence · Planning Inspectorate
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-01
An intermodal rail terminal served via new connections to the Chiltern Main Line (part of the Strategic Rail Freight Network), including container storage; Up to 603,850 sqm (approx. 6.5 million square feet) of warehousing, including ancillary office accommodation, plus up to 201,283 sqm of additional floorspace in the form of mezzanines. Maximum building heights are proposed at 25m; Improvements to Junction 10 of the M40 involving works on the A43 east of the M40, new slip roads to and from the M40 an Ardley Bypass to the east of Ardley; Improvements to Junction 9 of the M40 involving a dedicated slip road for vehicles travelling between the A43 and M40 northbound; A Heyford Park Link Road which runs from Camp Road south-east of Heyford Park and south of the proposed development to a new junction on the B430; A Middleton Stoney Relief Road around the north-eastern side of the village connecting from a new junction on the B430 to the existing B4030 which links over the M40 to Bicester which will remove key traffic flows from the centre of the village; The Principal Access to the Main Site will be from a new roundabout on the B430 in the north-eastern corner of the Main Site, south of the railway line. This primary access will serve all HGV and car traffic accessing the site; A Secondary Access into the Main Site will be provided from the Heyford Park Link Road for bus, pedestrian, cyclists and emergency vehicles only;Retention of the Grade II listed Threshing Barn at Ashgrove Farm as part of a Central Hub of estate management and communal facilities for the other development on the Main Site; Retained key landscape features and new landscaping and planting, including on the proposed earthwork bunds within the Main Site.
Attributed to Planning Inspectorate.
Source: Planning Inspectorate · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-01
Sources and evidence · Planning Inspectorate
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-01
This project is at the examination stage. During the examination stage, anyone who has registered to have their say can submit comments at the deadlines set out in the examination timetable. You may also attend hearings, if hearings are held.
Attributed to Planning Inspectorate.
Source: Planning Inspectorate · publication date not recorded · observed 2026-10-01
Sources and evidence · Planning Inspectorate
Source published: Not recordedObserved: 2026-10-01
Prior and superseded states remain labelled. Dates below identify source publication when known, otherwise source observation. They are not assumed event dates; each fact retains its own time qualifications.
No material timeline events have been released.
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