Sainsbury’s Bicester car park partly closed for 7 days

Sainsbury’s at Pioneer Square will close the first level of its car park for seven days, starting from Monday, August 3.

A spokesperson said it is planning to repaint a section to “improve its appearance for customers” as part of a range of refurbishments it has been making at the store in recent months.

The façade of Sainsbury’s being cleaned (Image: Anonymous)

Previous improvement works included deep cleaning of the streets, cleaning of the front-facing glass and stone, and fixing bollards to keep cars away from pedestrians.

Cherwell District Council Officers monitoring Pioneer Square (Image: North Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats)

Under this week’s works, the affected zone one area will be closed off for approximately three days using Hera fencing and dust barriers.

Customers and staff will be directed to zone two for parking during this time.

To keep the trolley bay accessible, eight parking spaces will be temporarily removed.

After work on zone one is complete, maintenance will move to zone two for about four days, allowing zone one to reopen for parking and access to the store from the roof level.

Zone three will then offer controlled access from level one once blasting work is finished and it is safe to reopen that area.

The final phase will ensure customers can reach both the main store and trolley area while keeping the work zone secure.

The spokesperson added: “We’d like to thank our customers for bearing with us while we carry out this work.”