A VILLAGE just south of Banbury will see a further four houses built on an ongoing development after getting the go-ahead from Cherwell District Council.

Some 82 homes were due to be built on former farmland the south side of Bodicote north-west of Cotefield Farm and south of Blackwood Place.

Construction has already begun, with the new builds to be a mixture of brick and natural stone.

This month members of Cherwell's planning committee approved the amendment of existing planning permission to allow 86 homes to be built instead of 82.

Outline permission for the development was granted on appeal by a government planning inspector in 2012.

The revision also allows modification to some of the already-planned homes, with eight now to be two-and-a-half storey, four-bedroom houses.

It will not result in any alterations to the agreed road layout although some of the housing plots have been re-organised.

Councillor Colin Clarke, Cherwell's lead member for planning, said: "This is a relatively modest change taking place on a previously approved development.

"We believe the changes, along with the addition of a further four homes, will have little impact on neighbours’ amenity, therefore we are happy to approve this amended planning permission."