A housing estate of more than 130 homes could soon be the newest edition to Oxford’s suburbs, if planning permission gets the green light from the council.

Submitted to Oxford City Council in May, the application proposes 134 houses, a children’s play area and community open space on land south-west of St Frideswide Farm.

The planning application states the farm land, which lies to the north of the city, was removed Oxford’s Green Belt following the adoption of the Oxford Local Plan 2036 in June 2020.

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Oxford Mail: The proposed site of the housing community. Picture: Google MapsThe proposed site of the housing community. Picture: Google Maps

Situated to the east of Banbury Road, the arable land extends over 3.8 hectares.

The 134 homes proposed for the site includes 61 apartments, 69 houses and 4 flats over garages. As well as this there would also be five ‘self-build’ plots.

24 of the homes would be one bedroom properties, 37 would have two bedroom, 43 would have three bedrooms and 30 would have four bedrooms.

Oxford Mail: The site design. Boon Brown Architects/Oxford City CouncilThe site design. Boon Brown Architects/Oxford City Council

50 per cent of the proposed homes would be classed as ‘affordable housing’, either through affordable rent or ‘intermediate’ housing, such as shared ownership.

The affordable homes would not look any different from the market housing and would be interspaced around it.

Both the semi-detached and detached houses would both have gardens while the apartment blocks would share communal gardens.

Oxford Mail: The proposed design of one of the homes on the site. Picture: Boon Brown Architects/Oxford City CouncilThe proposed design of one of the homes on the site. Picture: Boon Brown Architects/Oxford City Council

The planners have designed the site to follow a ‘garden village concept’ and ‘create a strong sense of place’.

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