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Design drawings of the new office and laboratory buildings set to be built at the Littlemore SAE institute, aimed at R and D companies. Picture: Oxford City Council

New offices aimed at helping Oxford's research and development sector grow

GLASSY office buildings will be built on the lawns outside a prestigious creative school to provide space for research and development companies.
The entrance to the land at Jack Straw's Lane. Picture: Oxford City Council

Eight homes refused planning permission because council wanted to see more built

EIGHT homes planned for a carpenters yard off Marston Road have been refused planning permission because of the added number of cars it would create.

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Oxford Town Hall GV general scene setter exterior view.20/01/2021.Picture by Ed Nix.

Elections 2021: Everyone you can vote for in Oxford this May

The electoral candidates for Oxford City Council's elections on May 6 have been announced.

Oxford Business Park, John Smith Drive, could be one of the employment areas affected by the parking levy. Picture: Google Maps

Call for workplace parking levy to cover the whole of the city

CALLS for a ‘bold’ plan to extend a proposed charge on Oxford’s employers for as much as £600 for every parking space they have outside offices have been quashed.

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The shop on St Aldates (left) where repair work could lead to two new homes. Picture: Google

Houses planned over city centre souvenir shop (and other Oxford building projects this week)

Houses above a city centre tourist shop, refused permission for a skateboarding ramp, and changes to a train depot are some of the big building projects in Oxford this week.
Chipping Norton

'We need a new way to stop lorries in our historic towns'

TOWNS across Oxfordshire plagued by lorries shaking historic buildings and straining ancient bridges may soon get funding for a solution.

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Jamila Azad

Councillor's Covid jab 'did not breach code of conduct'

A COUNCILLOR who travelled to Birmingham to receive a Covid jab will not be investigated by Oxford City Council.

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The Horton Hospital in Banbury

Tory MP's name stops some from backing hospital bid

THE mention of Tory MP Victoria Prentis during a call for support for the Horton hospital stopped some councillors from voting for it.

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South Oxfordshire local plan mapped

Bid to challenge South Oxfordshire housing plan gets appeal date

A COMPANY which tried to take its local council's controversial housing plans to court has a date for an appeal hearing.

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Image of woman shushing. [UNSPLASH]

'Church of woke is silencing us' warns councillor

A DEBATE on free speech was denounced as an electioneering stunt by Conservative councillors, one of whom referred to being ‘figuratively stoned’ by the ‘church of woke’.

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