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Green light for Design Engine’s contested Oxford Uni student resi scheme

By 2022-06-27T15:52:00

Design Engine Hilda 4

Plans stirred controversy for their setting next to the grade I-listed Christ Church Meadow

Design Engine has been given the green light for a 72-bedroom student accommodation scheme at St Hilda’s College, Oxford despite objections over its impact on a listed meadow.

Oxford city council backed the planning officer’s recommendation to approve the plans to build two residential blocks and replace a principal’s lodgings last week.

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