More than 100 homes approved for town

The development will include public open space, Gleeson Land said

Contentious plans to build more than 100 homes in Chipping Norton have been approved.

Developer Gleeson Land got permission to build the 104 homes on land east of Burford Road and south of Charlbury Road.

West Oxfordshire District Council's Uplands planning committee approved the plan after previously deferring the decision to ask Oxfordshire County Council why it had not sought funding for a north-south link road.

A total of 119 householders told the committee on Monday that they were opposed to the development over concerns about its potential impacts.

The county council said it would not seek contributions towards building the proposed north-south link road because Roman remains were found in the area, which cast doubt over whether it could be built.

They said the traffic caused by the new housing would not be severe.

Further details for the development will be submitted in a later application.