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Environment Agency objects to 500-home scheme in Oxford because of flood risk worries
Developer insists solution will be found for Hawkins Brown proposals as EA recommends refusal
The developer behind a nine-block neighbourhood in Oxford has insisted it will go ahead after the Environment Agency (EA) warned the scheme’s flood risk assessments were flawed.
The Hawkins Brown-designed Oxpens development is proposing nearly 500 homes, 500,000 sq ft of office space and a 250-bed hotel on a riverside site which the EA says has a “high probability of flooding”.
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