The University of Oxford’s application will be discussed at the City Council’s Area Planning East meeting on the first Wednesday in August.

It comprises: demolition of 4 existing buildings (including Richards, Waco and Badenoch Buildings). Erection of 2 medical research buildings on 3 floors plus basement to accommodate Nuffield Department of Medicine and Kennedy Institute, to include laboratories, offices, stores, workshops and ancillary spaces. Provision of hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking and rearrangement of car parking.

It’s amazing how many major planning applications affecting the Headington area seem to happen in the summer holidays