Plans have been submitted to build 15 new homes in an Oxfordshire village near Bicester with objections being raised by residents.

A planning application has been submitted by Manorwood Consultancy to build the new homes on land off Lince Lane, Kirtlington.

The site is located on the southwestern edge of Kirtlington and is adjoined by residential development to the east.

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Last October, an application was submitted to build eight homes on the same land but this was withdrawn last month.

The wider site has previously had planning applications for larger developments.

In September 2014, an application was submitted for a residential development of up to 95 homes with highway works, landscaping and a public open space.

An appeal was submitted against the non-determination of the application and dismissed in August 2015.

Later that year, another application was submitted in December for the demolition of the existing building and agricultural buildings and a residential development of up to 75 homes including highway works, landscaping and public open space.

That application was refused by the council in March 2015 on the basis that the scale of the development would fail to respect the traditional settlement pattern of Kirtlington.

An appeal against that refusal was subsequently submitted and dismissed.

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A number of residents have objected against the most recent plans for the area.

Emma Rhodes wrote: “The open and rural nature of this agricultural field and landscape provides an important buffer to prevent the suburbanisation of this edge of the village.

“During the winter months the site is more visible, especially from Lince Lane, and would significantly harm the village's rural setting.

“This current site provides a positive contribution to the softening of the village edge.”

Jan Sprake wrote: “Ironically, since the earlier applications, Kirtlington has lost several of its amenities: the village shop, a post office which is moribund, a pub, and the bus service has been, and still, is, under threat.

“This means little or no public transport and residents have to drive even to their GP surgeries in Islip and Woodstock.

"The access point is a real concern, opening as it does onto the increasingly busy A4095 on a sharp bend where the 50mph meets the new village 20mph signage, and visibility is severely restricted."

Elizabeth Russell wrote: "Kirtlington village has already grown considerably over the 25 years we have lived here.

"With the development of Upper Heyford, Bletchingdon and Bicester being considerable, and with no changes to the road infrastructure, the amount of traffic through it has become a danger to residents.

"Even with the change to the speed limit down to 20mph, which has at least slowed some vehicles down, the blind bends for the access for this new development remain a huge danger."