BILL Clinton and CS Lewis’s former Oxford college will make its entrance more accessible for disabled people, if plans are given the go-ahead by Oxford City Council.

University College on High Street is believed to be the oldest college in Oxford University – and because of its Grade I listed status it needs special permission from the council for improvements.

If plans go ahead, the entrance and the ‘entry lodge’ which is just behind the stone walls on Oxford high street will be revamped.

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Developers will create a reception area so that visitors can wait inside rather than outside, and will add a ramp into the door so that access is not limited.

In the plans, bosses wrote how it will ‘resolve significant operational difficulties’ in the lodge.

They went on: “Access to the lodge is only possible by able bodied persons.

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“Given the important role played by the lodge and the porters, the college seeks to improve access to this facility that will allow all persons to enter and avail themselves of the numerous services provided by the college porters.”

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Another problem that will be fixed is ‘congestion’ in the lodge, which gets busier at peak times and when there are parcel deliveries.

Continuing in the plans, they explained: “At present the visitor's first impression of the college is through a window in a stone wall.”

Explaining the need for a more formal reception area, they added: “Therefore the college wishes to create a more reception style area where visitors can be met and assisted with their visit to the college.

“This will also allow visitors to wait in the reception area, whilst at the moment they have to stand outside in the entrance portico.”

It also hopes to improve safety.