Plans for almost 500 new homes in Kidlington will be decided this week.

The two separate applications – which together would add up to 488 homes to the village – will be voted on by Cherwell District Council’s planning committee at a meeting on Wednesday (October 5).

Oxford Mail: The proposed location of the 370 homes to the east of KidlingtonThe proposed location of the 370 homes to the east of Kidlington (Image: Cherwell District Council)

The first plan would see 370 homes built off Bicester Road, to the east of the village.

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It has been submitted by Barwood Development Securities Limited and the Trustees of The Philip King Homes Trust and has received objections from the parish councils of Kidlington and Gosford and Water Eaton.

Oxford Mail: The proposed location of the 118 homes near Kidlington RoundaboutThe proposed location of the 118 homes near Kidlington Roundabout (Image: Cherwell District Council)

The second is for 118 homes off Oxford Road, which is further south by Kidlington Roundabout, near the land that was leased to Oxford United for its new stadium by Oxfordshire County Council last month.

This application has been made by Manor Oak Homes, G B Bishop-Fruedling & C A Parsons.