A new homes proposal has been submitted as part of one of Oxfordshire's biggest planned housing estates.
Applicant Persimmon Homes has sent its proposal to Vale of White Horse District Council for 151 homes in Grove near Wantage.
It comes more than 10 years after the Vale of White Horse District Council granted outline planning permission for 2,500 homes at the World War II airfield site.
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Plans being submitted now contain design details in relation to a portion of the wider development.
An applicant planning paper says: "A mix of house types are proposed to cater for a range of needs and to nurture a broad-based community."
It goes on to say the site will have a "permeable street hierarchy", a "green link incorporating foot and cycle ways" and "multiple foot and cycle connections to the Runway Park and routes leading to the local centre", among other features.
At the time planning permission was granted for the 2,500 homes, the site was due to get a 64-hectare estate including 800 affordable homes, new secondary and primary schools, shops, playing fields and parks.
Building homes on the airfield was first proposed as long ago as 1967.
The applicant says 117 of the 151 homes would comprise market housing while 35 would be "affordable rented units".
A total of 39 of the market houses would be two-bed, 62 three-bed and 16 four-bed.
Of the affordable houses, 13 would be two-bed, 18 three-bed and four would be four-bed.
Brick would be the main material of the development along with concrete roof tiles.
A planning paper adds: "This palette is consistent with both the wider development and immediate locality, but also offers a low maintenance and durable façade solution to withstand the effects of weathering and maintain an enduring appeal."
Building heights would be predominantly two-storey development and the site would have a "green corridor" which runs through the centre, linking the runway Park with Newlands Drive.
The applicant states the development "provides a range of homes to engender an inclusive development designed to meet the needs of the present whilst securing the ability for future generations".
It added: "The proposal includes a mix of two, three and four-bedroom homes designed to meet market and affordable housing needs".
Grove is a village which was part of Berkshire until it was transferred to Oxfordshire in the 1974 boundary changes.
The plans will be considered by district councillors on the planning committee in due course.
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