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BBC News
16-04-2025
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More than 100 homes approved for Chipping Norton
Contentious plans to build more than 100 homes in Chipping Norton have been Gleeson Land got permission to build the 104 homes on land east of Burford Road and south of Charlbury Oxfordshire District Council's Uplands planning committee approved the plan after previously deferring the decision to ask Oxfordshire County Council why it had not sought funding for a north-south link road.A total of 119 householders told the committee on Monday that they were opposed to the development over concerns about its potential impacts. The county council said it would not seek contributions towards building the proposed north-south link road because Roman remains were found in the area, which cast doubt over whether it could be said the traffic caused by the new housing would not be details for the development will be submitted in a later application. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- BBC News
Oxfordshire district councils HQ might face further delays
The leader of a district council has said plans for the local authority's new home may be set back due to local government Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) wants to build a new complex opposite Didcot Parkway train station to use as its HQ with the Vale of White Horse District former home was destroyed by fire in 2015 and staff have been using Abbey House in Abingdon since leader David Rouane said it might have to pause any decision "until we have a clearer picture of our future". The project has already experienced several delays and SODC has not said publicly what it expects the project to last permanent office in Crowmarsh Gifford burned down after Andrew Main, from Rokemarsh, near Wallingford, drove a car filled with gas canisters into was detained in a mental health unit in May Rouane said it had been progressing plans for a potential permanent home at the Didcot Gateway. "However, in light of Local Government Reorganisation, we may now have to pause any decision until we have a clearer picture of our future," he said, referring to Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet unanimous support for the government's fast-track council move would likely mean reducing the number of councils in the county to one or more unitary authorities. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
