PLANS for a multi-million pound business park on the edge of a Bicester housing estate are set to be thrown out tonight.

Council officers claim the scale of the buildings will “dwarf” nearby houses and any future development at North West Bicester Eco town.

Their report also describes the proposed height as “inappropriate” saying it doesn’t respect the scale of the surrounding development.

It comes after residents in the nearby Greenwood estate launched a campaign opposing Albion Land’s plans for the 49.5-acre site which were unveiled last August.

They have raised a string of concerns including light and noise pollution, increased traffic, visual impact, scale of the buildings and flooding.

Objectors say the development is in the wrong location and would be better suited nearer the M40 motorway.

District councillor Les Sibley has backed the householders and said the development would be “intolerable”.

The developer says the £80m industrial estate on the corner of Middleton Stoney Road and Howes Lane could create up to 1,200 jobs.

It wants permission to build five three-storey warehouses and two smaller office blocks.

Cherwell District Council’s officers have recommended the application be rejected tonight.

The report said: “The scale of the proposed buildings will dwarf the domestic scale of the adjacent residential development, reducing the visual quality of the adjacent area, Howes Lane and Middleton Stoney Road and the future development at NW Bicester.

“The form and scale of the buildings is out of context with the adjacent residential area and the future development at North West Bicester Eco town.

“The height is also considered inappropriate as it does not respect the scale of the surrounding development.

“The proposals will also limit the future proposals of North West Bicester Eco town which is predominantly residential and currently being masterplanned.”

Bicester Town Council has lodged an objection, along with Ambrosden, Chesterton and Middleton Stoney parish councils.

A total of 96 letters opposing the development have been sent to the district council, including from Thames Valley Police and the Bicester branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

A petition with 114 signatures opposing the plans has also been handed in.

Several residents will be speaking at the planning meeting and will share a five-minute allocation between them.