Bicester will become the main forensics centre for Thames Valley Police, containing laboratories, digital technologies and training facilities.
Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Barber said: 鈥淭he programme is the result of a review of Thames Valley Police鈥檚 forensics services as a whole where we鈥檝e identified the need to modernise facilities and increase capacity."
Cherwell District Council鈥檚 planning committee has granted planning permission for the new forensic centre on police-owned land near Avonbury Business Park on Howes Lane, subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement.
Willmott Dixon expects to being construction this summer 2023 and be completed in early 2025. Contract value has yet to be disclosed. Atkins is the appointed multi-disciplinary design consultants.