Oxford Club of Constructing Excellence

Oxford Growth and Major Developments

Cllr Bob PriceLeader of Oxford City Council14 January 2016

City Centre Regeneration

• Over 3,400 new jobs and apprenticeships

• Construction on site • Opening Autumn 2017• Temporary parking• Major lettings ahead of

programme• Additional investment

expected

Westgate• £480m investment: working with Land

Securities / Crown Estate• c74,000m2: John Lewis, retail, leisure, new public

spaces

• Key West End Site: 18 Acres

• Major city centre opportunity

• Multiple ownerships• Comprehensive

development• c.10,400m2 of office and

R&D space; 300 homes; and 155 bed hotel

• Proximity to station and river

• Meadows safeguarded• Council now has terms for

acquisition

Oxpens

- New trains and services: London Marylebone, EW Rail, Heathrow and Cowley- New station building as a destination: public places and spaces and interchange- Three access points: West, Frideswide Square & Becket Street- New Botley Road bridge and development-Network Rail programme and commitments-Masterplan and architectural competition

Station

• Concept competition: 6 leading architects

• Hendy Review: NR programme

Frideswide Square

Northern Gateway Employment-led with supporting infrastructure and amenities:

• 90,000m2 employment

• 500 homes• small-scale retail

facilities• Hotel• Planning framework• Early infrastructure

funded through LEP

Housing and Employment Sites 1

• Barton: on site– City Council-Grosvenor: 885 new homes

• Begbroke: planning – Support for University Science Park

• Old Road Campus: planning– Bio-escalator and Big Data Centre: £35m City Deal

• Grenoble Road: planning– Magdalen Science Park: new development– City Council/landowners:doubling science park and

5,000+ homes

Housing and Employment Sites 2• Osney Mead: master planning

– University-led outline plan• Churchill Campus: master planning

– Master planning and outline planning application• University+ Colleges Spatial Framework

– Consultants appointed• Oxford Growth: sustainable urban extensions

– 24-32,000 new Oxford homes : 15,000 homes assumed ex-City

– Post SHMA process behind programme– North urban extension consultation early 2016

• Proposed City Local Plan Submission 2018

Contacts for more information

Cllr Bob PriceLeader of Oxford City Councilcllrbprice@oxford.gov.uk01865 252354

David EdwardsExecutive Director, City Regenerationdedwards@oxford.gov.uk 01865 252394