Residents living in a north Oxfordshire mobile home park fear they could lose their homes after finding out about plans to completely redevelop the site.

Up to 60 people living on the Duvall Mobile Home Park, in Upper Heyford, packed out a residents' meeting last week. Banbury MP Tony Baldry and district councillor James Macnamara were also present.

The mobile home park, which used to be called Heyford Leys, was bought by new owners in February.

Now they have submitted plans to redesign, rebuild and expand the site - with much bigger mobile homes and a new list of rules.

Mobile home owner David Medhurst, 62, said he was worried current residents would not be able to afford the rent on bigger pitches and would be forced to leave.

He said: "You can't even recognise the place, with less space surrounding your property, so they can pack more homes in. The plans mean every unit on here will be a twin unit or a double unit, they are going to be twice the size. On the plans it looks like ours will disappear. The main reason we live here is because we can't afford to live anywhere else. We want to be able to stay."

Mr Medhurst, who has lived on the site for 18 years, added residents were seeking legal advice.

He said residents only found out about the proposals after a planning application was sent to the parish council for consideration.

Mr Baldry has promised to try to arrange a meeting between the sides.

In a letter sent to the site owners this week, Mr Baldry said: "I would have thought it would be a matter of straightforward courtesy and common sense for you either to have visited and explained face to face to the residents what you are proposing, or at the very least, either for you or your professional advisers to have written to the residents.

"You cannot be surprised if, in the absence of such a briefing, local residents are very concerned, indeed frightened, as to your intentions. I have seen a copy of new rules for the mobile home park which you are purportedly proposing, which among other things say 'the park is to cater for semi-retired/retired couples only'. As you will know, at present there are a large number of residents living in Heyford Leys who clearly do not fall within those categories. Are you seeking to orchestrate some mass eviction?"

Site owner's planning agent Roy Edwardson said he did not want to comment. The owners themselves were unavailable for comment.