Residents are furious over plans to build on a community green space which has been there since the late 1960s.

The planning application proposes the construction of one detached two-storey house and four terraced three-storey houses on the area of green land.

There is also an additional planning application for the same plot of land for three two-storey detached houses.

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The green space between Brasenose Road and Freeman Road in Didcot is located near Stephen Freeman Community Primary School and is frequently used by children and parents.

The community are concerned the new homes will create overcrowding, cause the residents to lose their green space and make roads more dangerous.

Residents have written responses online against the planning applications on the South Oxfordshire District Council website.

Fiona Bertram, who lives on Oxford Crescent, wrote: "This area is already extremely congested and dangerous, especially before and after school.

"Parked cars, speeding traffic and dangerous manoeuvres are commonplace. The proposed houses will further block the visibility at the Brasenose Road and Freeman Road junction and generate even more traffic, ultimately putting children’s lives at risk.”

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Ian Lewington lives on Brasenose Road and he also objected to the application. He wrote: “This is a small, yet delightful green space that has provided an open area for the local community to enjoy since 1965.

“Surely taking out green spaces like this is contrary to the government's carbon offset policy of planting more trees."

He also said the plan was 'hardly in keeping' with Didcot's ‘garden town’ status.

Boughton Butler, the planning and architects company behind the development, sought pre-application advice from South Oxfordshire District Council regarding the possibility of development on the site.

A council planning officer responded: “There is unlikely to be an overly harmful impact on the residential amenities of neighbouring dwellings.

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“Neighbouring buildings seem to be set sufficient distances away with public highways and semi-private front garden areas comprising the intervening land so overlooking would not be harmful in my view.

“Providing the scale and form of the new dwellings broadly reflected the neighbouring buildings in the locality I am unconcerned the development would be overbearing”.

Ian Snowdon, district councillor for Didcot, is also angered by the planning application and he has been posting leaflets to encourage residents to object to the proposed dwellings.

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Mr Snowdon said: “I think it’s a diabolical application. The people that live there were surrounded by fields until a couple of years ago.

“It seems ludicrous to put green spaces in new developments and build on them. There’s a clear connection between green spaces and mental health and this is one of the few remaining green spaces for residents to enjoy.”

For information about the planning applications, visit southoxon.gov.uk and search for P20/S0365/FUL or P20/S0369/FUL.