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Environment Agency flags flood risk at Hawkins Brown’s huge Oxford scheme

By 2023-08-14T07:24:00

View from Oxpens Meadow - Credit OXWED

Developer insists solution will be found for 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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