Cold War base faces housing development threat

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 31 Oct, 06:22 · Archive

A proposal to build houses on a Cold War base in Oxfordshire has raised concerns about damage to a significant heritage site.

A proposal to develop housing on a Cold War base in Oxfordshire has raised concerns about damage to what is described as Europe's best-preserved physical remains from that period. The application involves building houses and associated services on the site.

Cherwell District Council has invited amendments to the application rather than refusing it outright when first submitted. Critics argue this approach risks allowing substantial harm to an internationally important heritage asset, contravening three international conventions designed to prevent such damage.

Local MPs Sean Woodcock and Calum Miller represent the area. The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has indicated it is the responsibility of concerned citizens to persuade Historic England and the council to protect the site.

How it is being reported

• 'Cold War base faces being terminally damaged'READERS should rightly be baffled by the audacious attempt to build houses and associated services over the best preserved physical remains from the Cold War in Europe.Oxfordshire Guardian · 31 Oct, 05:00
• 'Cold War base faces being terminally damaged'READERS should rightly be baffled by the audacious attempt to build houses and associated services over the best preserved physical remains from the Cold War in Europe.Oxford Mail · 31 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Cherwell District Council · Historic England · Oxfordshire · Sean Woodcock · Calum Miller

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