- A £20m redevelopment of the Castle Mill boatyard in Jericho, Oxford, has been approved - 7 votes to 1.
- Some 45 planning conditions have been put on the scheme.
- A Section 106 agreement, to outline how the community could benefit from developer contributions, will be discussed at a later committee.
- Oxford City Council's west area planning committee met tonight at 6.30pm to decide on the plans
- The scheme would create a square between St Barnabas Church and the Oxford Canal, bordered by a community centre, boatyard, nursery, restaurant and 22 homes
- But residents groups urged councillors to delay until a legal agreement to bind the developers to building a community centre is reached
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