54 new park homes planned on edge of Oxford

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 16:32 · Archive

Plans have been submitted for 54 new park homes to extend the existing Oxford Park Homes site at Kiln Close, Sandford-on-Thames. All homes are proposed as two-bedroom, single-storey mobile units arranged in a loop road layout similar to the current park design. Each home would have a parking space, with an additional 11 visitor spaces.

The scheme is designed to meet the need for accessible, low-maintenance housing. The homes are set to have a modern yet traditional look, featuring pitched steel-tiled roofs, stucco-style cladding, and white uPVC windows and doors. The design includes energy-efficient construction, low-energy lighting, and water-saving fixtures.

The site is mostly flat and surrounded by existing park homes, Thames Water land and fields owned by Oxford University. Access would remain through the current entrance from Grenoble Road and Kiln Close, with new internal roads and footpaths planned. New landscaping includes native hedgerows, shrubs, scattered tree planting, and an 840-square-metre landscape buffer zone. A sustainable drainage attenuation basin is proposed to manage surface water runoff.

The existing Oxford Park Home estate was established in the early 1950s on the site of a former local brick kiln and currently comprises about 132 residential park homes, typically occupied by private semi-retirement people aged over 50 years old.

How it is being reported

• 54 new park homes planned on edge of OxfordPlans have been submitted for 54 new park homes in Sandford.Oxfordshire Guardian · 21 Oct, 16:00
• 54 new park homes planned on edge of OxfordPlans have been submitted for 54 new park homes in Sandford.Oxford Mail · 21 Oct, 16:00

In this story: Oxford Park Homes · Sandford-on-Thames · Thames Water · Oxford University

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