Hold the front page, Oxfordshire needs more homes. Getting on the ladder in this county requires more than the shirt of your back.

The answer? More affordable homes. The problem? Nowhere to build them.

Town Halls have the wagging finger of Government urging them to build more.

A spot is picked. Then the inevitable rebuff from angry neighbours, and who can blame them?

You pick a leafy Oxfordshire village to live in, why would you expect it to blossom into a new town.

Today the Oxford Mail reports on a planning inspector’s views on the draft core strategy for South Oxfordshire and where it thinks extra homes should be wedged.

The council wanted Wheatley removed from the Green Belt to allow more homes to be built.

However, the concern was it would pave the way for urban sprawl across to Cowley and, effectively, expand the city.

Rather ironic that South Oxfordshire had its own worries when Grenoble Road was earmarked for development.