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| Blenheim Palace land housing scheme 'scaled back' | Blenheim Palace land housing scheme 'scaled back' |
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| Plans for 362 new homes on Blenheim Palace land have been scaled back to reduce pressure on local services. | Plans for 362 new homes on Blenheim Palace land have been scaled back to reduce pressure on local services. |
| Pye Homes originally planned to build more than 350 houses on land near Long Hanborough but a planning application has been submitted for 169 homes. | Pye Homes originally planned to build more than 350 houses on land near Long Hanborough but a planning application has been submitted for 169 homes. |
| The application to West Oxfordshire District Council said it would include 83 affordable homes. | The application to West Oxfordshire District Council said it would include 83 affordable homes. |
| Residents had been concerned about pressure on local services, such as doctor's surgeries and primary schools. | Residents had been concerned about pressure on local services, such as doctor's surgeries and primary schools. |
| 'Fewer new residents' | 'Fewer new residents' |
| The developer said in the application after residents had raised concerns in July: "The exhibition was held in relation to a previous scheme for 362 houses, which has since been scaled back to only 169 houses on the southern half of the original site. | The developer said in the application after residents had raised concerns in July: "The exhibition was held in relation to a previous scheme for 362 houses, which has since been scaled back to only 169 houses on the southern half of the original site. |
| "This will reduce the pressure on local services including schools, doctors, roads and shops, as the development will generate fewer new residents in the area." | "This will reduce the pressure on local services including schools, doctors, roads and shops, as the development will generate fewer new residents in the area." |
| If planning permission is granted the homes will be built on land south of Witney Road. | If planning permission is granted the homes will be built on land south of Witney Road. |
| The land was sold by Blenheim Palace estate earlier this year to cover maintenance costs. | The land was sold by Blenheim Palace estate earlier this year to cover maintenance costs. |
| Planning permission has also been given for 64 homes near Marlborough School and another site near Woodstock could be developed with 180 homes. | Planning permission has also been given for 64 homes near Marlborough School and another site near Woodstock could be developed with 180 homes. |
| A spokesman for the Hands off Hanborough campaign said: "The proposed development by Pye Homes is not sustainable, our roads, schools and community facilities are already full. | |
| "Mass housing developments of this type will damage rather than enhance the social, economic and environmental prospects of the area." |