Councillors in Oxford are set to move forward with plans for 237 homes next to Redbridge Park & Ride.
The city council’s March 18 cabinet meeting has been recommended to approve the sale of 8.99-acre Redbridge Paddock to council-owned housebuilder Ox Place (formerly Oxford City Housing) and the subsequent acquisition of all 118 affordable homes proposed in the scheme.
The riverside, former landfill site will require significant remediation which the council hopes Homes Egland will help fund.
Sustainability
All homes will be all-electric, with air-source heat pumps and solar panels, targeting an EPC rating of B or above. The council envisages low car use due to the proximity of the park & ride.
Secure cycle storage, electric vehicle charging points and car-share spaces will be included.
Pre-app discussion have already taken place and an outline planning application is expected to be submitted by Autumn with construction expected to start in early 2029.
Comment
Cllr Linda Smith, cabinet member for housing, said: “These plans are an important opportunity for the council to deliver more genuinely affordable homes for Oxford residents at Redbridge.
“This well-connected development would provide over 90 new council homes at social rent, alongside shared ownership and market homes, helping meet the wide range of housing needs we see across the city.
“By bringing forward council-owned land like this we can directly support local people in housing need, while creating a beautiful, sustainable new neighbourhood.
“Schemes like this, making use of a brownfield former industrial site to build homes for the future, are essential if we are to tackle Oxford’s housing crisis.”
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