Student flats bid relaunched as contest – Oxford

A new bid to build student flats on St Clements car park is being launched with a competition to redesign the controversial East Oxford site.

Architects are being asked to come up with fresh plans after a scheme for 141 student bedrooms in three blocks was narrowly rejected in September, with traders warning loss of parking spaces would damage business.

Now residents and traders are unhappy with Oxford City Council’s involvement in the new search for an alternative scheme …

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