ALMOST 100 new homes, student accommodation and further use of a temporary classroom are some of the latest planning applications in Oxford.

91 new homes: An application has been submitted to create a new housing estate at the former Dominion Oils site in Littlemore.

If approved, it will see the derelict site become home for 51 houses and 40 flats, all of which will be affordable housing.

A planning statement read: “Subject to the grant of conditional planning permission and the completion of any appropriate Section 106 agreement in a timely manner, the programme for the new homes provides that development will commence in November 2021, including groundworks and mitigation measures.

“In order to meet this deadline, the issue of a detailed planning permission would be required by August 2021.

“From a start in November 2021, the programme includes the start of foundation work in January 2022 with the work on the external walls commencing in April 2022.

“The programme is tight but has been arranged to ensure delivery of the affordable homes as soon as possible and practicable.

“The first homes are expected to be ready for occupation by January 2023 with the expectation that all of the affordable homes would be delivered on the site by January 2024.”

Planning reference: 21/01176/FUL

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Student accommodation: Brasenose College is seeking to demolish music practice rooms and build a two and three-storey accommodation block.

The new building would provide rooms for 26 students, in addition to social and study spaces.

A planning statement read: “Brasenose College is seeking to improve the quality of accommodation and study/ social space on offer at its Frewin site whilst increasing the amount of student accommodation overall.

“The college has an immediate and pressing need for new accommodation, so that it can continue to house all undergraduate students who require accommodation and begin to meet the existing demand for postgraduate accommodation.

“At present, the distribution of undergraduates and postgraduates is less than ideal, with students dispersed across various sites.

“This proposal begins to address these issues.

“At the garden site, the existing structures will be demolished to allow for construction of the new building.

“These existing structures include the 1990 music practice rooms (a small single storey building in the west of the garden site), a small timber garden store, a small lean-to structure and the 20th century surrounding low wall.

“Trees of limited value will be being removed from the garden site, however, this canopy cover loss will be recovered elsewhere.

“The high-value Horse Chestnut tree on site will be retained.

“The new building proposed at the garden site will be a two and three-storey horseshoe shaped building with basement element.”

Former prime minister David Cameron, Lord of the Flies author William Golding and actor Michael Palin are all alumni of Brasenose.

Planning reference: 19/02601/FUL

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Temporary classroom: Oxford’s prestigious Dragon School has applied to keep a temporary music room building for a further three-year period.

A cover letter states that planning permission was granted for a new music school in January 2018 and that work commenced on the site.

The letter adds: “However, due to Covid there has been minor delays in being able to progress with the build programme such that it is anticipated that the new music school will not now be ready for occupation until December 2023.

“This application therefore seeks planning permission so that the school can retain the temporary music school buildings beyond the current permitted date of February 15, 2022 to tie in with completion of the new facility.

“It is the school’s intention that once the new music school is completed, the temporary building will be removed from the site and thus the school is hopeful that this will happen in advance of the further three-year period currently requested.”

Planning reference: 21/01957/VAR