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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 land, south of Witney Road, will be sold by the Blenheim Palace estate. | |
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. | 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." | "Mass housing developments of this type will damage rather than enhance the social, economic and environmental prospects of the area." |