The Oxfordshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England has claimed victory in its battle against plans to build 4,000 homes in Green Belt land south of Oxford’s Grenoble Road.

The development was included as part of the South East Plan, which was approved in May, but the CPRE and South Oxfordshire District Council had opposed the plan and launched a judicial review of the decision.

CPRE branch chairman Michael Tyce said today that the Secretary of State had conceded insufficient consideration had been given to alternatives, which would “almost certainly” mean the scheme would not go ahead.