SEVENTEEN houses are a step closer to being built in a West Oxfordshire village.
Cottsway Housing Association and developer Deanfield Homes have exchanged contracts on a deal for 12 affordable rent and five shared ownership homes on Milton Road, Shipton-under-Wychwood, next to Wychwood Primary School.
A total of 44 homes are planned on the L-shaped site, plus a new parking area for the school.
The properties are a mix of one-bedroom flats and two and three-bedroom houses and reserved matters planning consent was recently granted.
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