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Appendix 11: Site Records of Suitable Sites Including Detailed Maps APPENDIX 11: SITE RECORDS OF SUITABLE SITES INCLUDING DETAILED MAPS Site Page Site Ward number number Sites allocated for residential development in the Oxford Local Plan Site 1 Albion Place Car Park Carfax A – 63 Site 2 Arthur Street Jericho and Osney A – 63 Site 3 Between Towns Road Cowley A – 64 Site 4 BMW Garage Summertown A – 64 Site 5 Canalside land Jericho and Osney A – 65 Site 6 Cooper Callas site Carfax A – 65 Site 7 County Hall Carfax A – 66 Site 8 Cowley Centre Cowley A – 66 Site 9 Cowley Marsh Depot Cowley Marsh A – 67 Site 10 Cutteslowe Court Summertown A – 67 Site 11 Diamond Place St Margarets A – 68 Site 12 Elsfield Hall Wolvercote A – 68 Site 13 Island site Carfax A – 69 Site 14 Lamarsh Road Jericho and Osney A – 69 Site 15 Leafield Road Cowley Marsh A – 70 Site 16 Leiden Road site Churchill A – 70 Site 17 Lucy’s Factory site North A – 71 Site 18 Mabel Pritchard School Littlemore A – 71 Site 19 Macclesfield House Carfax A – 72 Site 20 Magistrates Court Carfax A – 72 Site 21 Manor Ground Headington A – 73 Site 22 Milham Ford School Marston A – 73 Site 23 Northfield House Littlemore A – 74 Site 24 Northfield School site Northfield Brook A – 74 Site 25 Nursery and Osney Warehouse Carfax A – 75 Site 26 Osney Mill and Works Jericho and Osney A – 75 Site 27 Oxford and Cherwell Valley College Carfax A – 76 Site 28 Oxford Railway Station and Becket Street Car Park Jericho and Osney A – 76 Site 29 Oxpens Road site Carfax A – 77 Site 30 Railway Lane Littlemore A – 77 Site 31 Rewley Road Fire Station Jericho and Osney A – 78 Site 32 Ruskin College, Dunstan Road Headington A – 78 Site 33 Scrap Yard, Jackdaw Lane Iffley Fields A – 79 Site 34 Suffolk House Summertown A – 79 Site 35 St. Augustine’s School Rose Hill and Iffley A – 80 Site 36 Telephone Exchange Carfax A – 80 Land to the West of St. Aldate’s and south of Site 37 Carfax A - 81 Queen Street Site 38 St Aldate’s Police Station and land to the rear Holywell A – 81 Westgate Shopping Centre and Abbey Place Car Site 39 Carfax A – 82 Park Site 40 Windmill School Headington A – 82 Site 41 Worcester Street Car Park Jericho and Osney A – 83 Site 42 Wolvercote Paper Mill Wolvercote A – 83 Employment sites Site 43 Falklands House Carfax A – 84 Site 44 Maintenance Depot, Lanham Way Littlemore A – 84 Sites with planning permission Site 45 138 - 140 London Road Quarry and A – 85 A - 60 Risinghurst Site 46 69 The Slade Lye Valley A – 85 Beckley View House and Brome Place Garage Site 47 Barton and Sandhills A – 86 Block Site 48 Garages and Land East Of Warren Crescent Churchill A – 86 Hernes House Residential Home, 3 Hernes Site 49 Summertown A – 87 Crescent Site 50 Lawn Upton House, Sandford Road Littlemore A – 87 Site 51 Rose Hill Orlit redevelopment Rose Hill and Iffley A – 88 Morris Motors Athletic and Social Club, 129 Site 52 Cowley Marsh A – 88 Crescent Road Site 53 Rear Of 25, 27 And 29 Abberbury Road Rose Hill and Iffley A – 89 Headington Hill and Site 54 Royal British Legion Club, Hadow Road A – 89 Northway Site Of 78 St Clements Street And 1-4 Sunset Site 55 St Clements A – 90 Cottages Site 56 St Nicholas House Littlemore A – 90 Site 57 Travis Perkins, Chapel Street St Clements A – 91 Site 58 Block Of Garages, Holland Place Churchill A – 91 Territorial Army Centre Slade Barracks Infantry, Site 59 Churchill A – 92 Mascall Avenue Sites refused planning permission but principal for residential acceptable Headington Hill and Site 60 8 Headley Way A – 92 Northway Site 61 86-88 Old Road Churchill A – 93 Site 62 Land Rear Of 274 and 276 Woodstock Road Summertown A – 93 North and Site 63 Rear Of 40-47 Juxon Street A – 94 Jericho and Osney Sites pending a decision where principle is acceptable Site 64 Beenhams Littlemore A – 94 Site 65 King of Prussia, 76 Rose Hill Rose Hill and Iffley A – 95 Site 66 266 And 268 Iffley Road Iffley Fields A – 95 Site 67 Sunnymead Court Summertown A – 96 Basic Desktop Study Site 68 Former Barton Road Cricket Ground Barton and Sandhills A – 96 Site 69 Harlow Centre and Site Marston A – 97 Site 70 Iffley House, Iffley Rose Hill and Iffley A – 97 Site 71 Land Adjacent TKMaxx, John Allen Centre Cowley A – 98 Site 72 Lincoln College Sports Ground, Bartlemas Close Cowley Marsh A – 98 Site 73 Longlands, Blackbird Leys Blackbird Leys A – 99 Site 74 Marston Court Marston A – 99 Headington Hill and Site 75 Northway Centre, Maltfield Road A – 100 Northway Site 76 Ormerod School Barton and Sandhills A – 100 Site 77 Shotover View Lye Valley A – 101 Headington Hill and Site 78 Sutton Road Hall, Northway A – 101 Northway Site 79 Townsend House, Barton Barton and Sandhills A – 102 Site 80 Union Street Car Park, Cowley Road St Clements A – 102 Open Space Site 81 Former St Augustine’s playing fields Rose Hill and Iffley A – 103 A - 61 Green Belt Site 82 Land West of Oxford Hotel Wolvercote A – 103 Core Strategy Strategic Sites Summertown Safeguarded Land and adjoining Summertown and Site 83 A – 104 Summerfields School land St Margarets Site 84 Barton Safeguarded Land Barton and Sandhills A – 104 A - 62 A - 63 Site: Albion Place Car Park, Oxford city centre Site 1 Site area: 0.12 ha Estimated capacity: 14 Planning permission at 14 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 14 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Arthur Street Site 2 Site area: 0.31 ha Estimated capacity: 20 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-2014 A - 64 Site: Between Towns Road, Cowley Site 3 Site area: 0.56 ha Estimated capacity: 45 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: BMW Garage, Summertown Site 4 Site area: 0.26 ha Estimated capacity: 10 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2014-19 A - 65 Site: Canalside, Jericho Site 5 Site area: 0.49 ha Estimated capacity: 54 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Cooper Callis, Oxford city centre Site 6 Site area: 0.10 ha Estimated capacity: 10 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 A - 66 Site: County Hall, Oxford city centre Site 7 Site area: 0.33 ha Estimated capacity: 65 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2014-19 Site: Cowley Centre Site 8 Site area: 3.65 ha Estimated capacity: 50 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2014-19 A - 67 Site: Cowley Marsh Depot Site 9 Site area: 1.70 ha Estimated capacity: 75 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2014-19 Site: Cutteslowe Court, Cutteslowe Site 10 Site area: 0.33 ha Estimated capacity: 33 Planning permission at 33 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 33 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 A - 68 Site: Diamond Place, Summertown Site 11 Site area: 1.69 ha Estimated capacity: 50 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Elsfield Hall, Cutteslowe Site 12 Site area: 0.36 ha Estimated capacity: 24 Planning permission at 24 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 24 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 A - 69 Site: Island Site, Oxford city centre Site 13 Site area: 0.87 ha Estimated capacity: 38 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Lamarsh Road, New Botley Site 14 Site area: 2.25 ha Estimated capacity: 17 Planning permission at 17 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 17 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 A - 70 Site: Leafield Road, Temple Cowley Site 15 Site area: 0.83 ha Estimated capacity: 38 Planning permission at 38 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 38 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Leiden Road, Wood Farm Site 16 Site area: 0.52 ha Estimated capacity: 18 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 A - 71 Site: Lucy’s Factory Site, Jericho Site 17 Site area: 2.10 ha Estimated capacity: 253 Planning permission at 253 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 190 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Mabel Pritchard School, Littlemore Site 18 Site area: 0.42 ha Estimated capacity: 46 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 A - 72 Site: Macclesfield House, Oxford city centre Site 19 Site area: 0.25 ha Estimated capacity: 23 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Magistrate’s Court, Oxford city centre Site 20 Site area: 0.17 ha Estimated capacity: 10 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2014-19 A - 73 Site: Manor Ground, Headington Site 21 Site area: 1.71 ha Estimated capacity: 60 Planning permission at 60 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 27 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Milham Ford School, New Marston Site 22 Site area: 1.99 ha Estimated capacity: 47 Planning permission at 47 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 47 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 A - 74 Site: Northfield House, Littlemore Site 23 Site area: 0.7 ha Estimated capacity: 35 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2014-19 Site: Northfield School, Blackbird Leys Site 24 Site area: 3.32 ha Estimated capacity: 50 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments at 0 31/03/07: Timescale: 2014-19 A - 75 Nursery and Osney Warehouse, Oxford city Site: Site 25 centre Site area: 0.43 ha Estimated capacity: 25 Planning permission at 0 31/03/07: Remaining commitments 0 at 31/03/07: Timescale: 2009-14 Site: Osney Mill, Osney Site 26 Site area:
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