Housing
OX Place completes 38 affordable homes on Between Towns Road
Built on the former Murco garage site, The Curve includes three three-bed mews houses and 35 one-bed and two-bed flats in a single block of four to five storeys.
Bellway to support buyers with a new mortgage offer
Bellway is offering to pay £1,000 per month off the mortgages for up to two years for those who buy homes at select developments before 31 March 2023.
Last-minute update delays plans for 530 homes near Bicester
The decision was delayed after 34 pages of extra information landed in front of councillors hours before a planning meeting, raising concerns that members may not have had time to read the extra papers beforehand.
Oxford’s pioneering community-led housing initiative at risk of not hitting funding target
Its first-ever Community Share Offer has, in just 9 weeks, raised over half of its target investment but is now at risk of not hitting 100% of its funding target before the offer closes on 28 February 2023.
Developer asks for second shot at plans for 450 homes in Witney
The Lowlands planning committee at West Oxfordshire District Council had been advised to throw out the outline application to develop two parcels of land – Cogges Triangle and Cogges South – covering approximately 23 ha.
Last chance to apply for Oxford City Council’s Sustainable Warmth Grant
The Sustainable Warmth grant is available for homeowners, and tenants and landlords of privately rented properties, to install free energy-saving measures in their homes.
Council gets over 10,000 applications in new licensing scheme for private rented homes
Oxford City Council offered a three-month early bird discounted rate to encourage landlords and agents to apply early to license their rented properties.
OX Place submits planning application for 32 affordable homes at Meadow Lane in Iffley
The homes, in a mix of houses and maisonettes, will be 100% affordable, with 19 council homes let at social rent and 13 homes sold for shared ownership.
GreenSquareAccord to provide 25 new affordable homes in Littlemore
The new homes will be a combination of one-, two- and three-bed flats set in adjacent three-storey apartment blocks, providing 14 social rent homes and a further 11 homes under a shared ownership scheme.
Phase one of Newman Place in Oxford with 102 new homes completed
The development in Littlemore Park, just three miles south of Oxford city centre, will bring a total of 273 new affordable homes to the area, with 162 for shared ownership and 111 for social rent, with priority purchase options given to NHS key workers.
Bellway launches final consultation on Water Eaton development plans
The consultation is a chance to see how the project has evolved since the design development consultation this summer and the initial consultation held in Autumn 2021.
City council set to provide emergency beds for people experiencing rough sleeping this winter
The council activates its severe weather emergency protocol (SWEP) on every night that the Met Office forecasts freezing overnight temperatures weather for anyone experiencing rough sleeping.