In Oxfordshire land, the Government needs 9,440 Extra Homes

Oxfordshire is to be recognised as the South East‘s homebuilding power house with 56,640 homes being built in the next two decades - 20 per cent more than first thought.

The Oxford Mail has been told a top-level report due to be published next week would recommend a fundamental review of the Green Belt - particularly around Oxford - as the county is singled out for development. The expected recommendations form part of the Government‘s response to the draft South East Plan, the region's housing blueprint until 2026.

Whitehall is tipped to suggest a 10 per cent increase on already-proposed housebuilding targets in the region over the next 20 years.

That would mean about 32,000 new homes being built each year until 2026, instead of the 29,000 contained in the draft South East Plan drawn up by the South East England Regional Assembly.

But in Oxfordshire, the Government wants to see 9,440 extra homes built on top of the already-proposed 47,200, sources said.

source: http://www.oxfordmail.net