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Kersington Crescent Garages to Become 28 Council Homes
58 garages off Barns Road will make way for 28 council flats, with building due to start in October 2027. Cabinet also approved two homes on a fire-hit Stubbs Avenue site.
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Housing
474 Cowley Road: 48 Flats for Homeless Adults Approved
Cabinet has approved buying 48 flats for single homeless adults on the former Cowley Road timber yard for about £13.2m. A planning application comes next.
Housing
Oxford Council Housing £1.7m Over on Fire Watch and Mould
Oxford's council housing account is forecast £1.7m over budget: £1.4m for a waking watch in tower blocks and £700,000 more on damp and mould repairs.
Housing
Oxford Housing Register Hits 4,068 as Lets Fall to 401
4,068 households are now waiting for social housing in Oxford, up from 3,961 in April. Only 401 homes were let last year, 49 fewer than the year before.
Housing
Chestnut Tower: First Tenants Move into 61 Social Rent Flats
All 61 flats in Chestnut Tower are social rent, let through Oxford's housing register at about 40% of private rents. What is in the block and who gets one.
Housing
Oxford house prices down £11,212 in a year, flats worst
The average Oxford sale price was £471,667 in July, down £11,212 on a year earlier. Flats fell 5.2%, and South Oxfordshire is now dearer for a second month.
Planning
Redbridge Paddock: 240 homes, comments close 11 October
Plans for 240 homes opposite Redbridge Park and Ride go on show on 23 and 24 September. Council gas monitoring of the old tip below found methane at up to 43%.
Planning
Maltfield House: 16 one-bed flats, comments close 21 Sept
The council's Northway scheme is 16 one-bedroom flats in four four-storey blocks with no parking. Its own planning statement allows a 50% affordable fallback.
Council
Oxford City Council: £3.5m to fix a housing budget error
A CPI rate left unchanged over-estimated council rent income by £3.848m. Councillors vote on 3 September to draw £3.5m from reserves. Rents were set correctly.
Planning
Oxford HMOs: 7 of last week's 30 planning bids
Seven of the 30 planning applications Oxford validated last week involve an HMO. The addresses, the council's 20% rule, and the dates to comment by.