OXFORD City councillors will meet on Wednesday to decide on whether to give planning permission for a new platform at the city’s railway station.

The £12.5m plans includes a new bay platform alongside the Becket Street long-stay car park, including toilets, shops and waiting rooms.

A glass-fronted transfer deck across Botley Road would link the platform with the main station building.

Planning officers have recommended that the strategic development control committee approves the scheme. The meeting starts at the Town Hall, in St Aldate’s, at 5pm.