Oxford approves NBBJ’s life sciences block

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City’s latest laboratory building given nod by councillors despite questions over suburban setting

NBBJ’s proposals to replace two retail sheds in Oxford with a five storey life sciences building have been given the green light.

Councillors voted seven in favour and one against the planning officers’ recommendation to approve the scheme, with two abstentions, in a committee meeting earlier this week.

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