A developer is proposing to build up to 400 houses on land next to the A40.

Hallam Land Management hopes to build a development near the new Downs Road roundabout in  Witney, stretching as far as the village of Minster Lovell.

The site is currently farmland and the working Peashell Farm with holiday lets and cottages which will all be retained.

A "significant area" of the western part of the site will be parkland "to prevent any coalescence with Minster Lovell to the west", said developers.

Map shows proposed site next to Downs Road roundabout (Image: David Lock/WODC)

To the north of the site lies Witney Lakes Resort and golf course. 

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A proportion of the development will be affordable homes and the proposals include informal open space, allotments/community orchards and play areas.

A new footpath, cycleways and bridleways will also be incorporated into the proposals for active travel connections into Witney.

Vehicle access will be from the new roundabout on Downs Road, just to the north of the A40.

The developers plan for additional planting alongside the A40 to mitigate noise impact from the road.

A document submitted in a screening request, before submitting an outline planning application, says the site is "within an established location of growth" to the west of Witney.

The Windrush Place development will eventually comprise around 1,000 homes and there are also 257 houses under construction at Colwell Green. 

The site has not been identified for housing in West Oxfordshire District Council's Local Plan but the council is currently unable to show it has a five-year supply of housing land.

This means developers are able to bring forward speculative planning applications.