Inside Housing
Summary
A2Dominion, the 38,000-home landlord, plans to develop land by Howes Lane in north-west Bicester.
Thames Valley Police are joint landowners of the application area. It also own a motor vehicle workshop next to the site.
The plans, submitted to Cherwell District Council on 21 December, include a primary and secondary school, community facilities and new green space.
The housing association told Inside Housing this was an outline planning application and that the exact mix of tenure and affordable housing has not yet been agreed with the council.
The housing association previously developed the first phase of the Elmsbrook development, which comprises 413 private and affordable homes connected to a district heating plant. A2Dominion claimed the eco-town is “the UK’s first carbon-zero development”.
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