A new commuter hotspot could be on the cards with plans to build 600 new homes by Hanborough station – just nine minutes’ journey time from Oxford. An early-stage application would see the area south of the station, currently arable fields, developed for housing and open green space.

The plans envisage “vehicular (all modes) access from Lower Road and Regent Drive”, suggesting that the existing Regent Drive estate to the north could become part of a through route from Eynsham to Hanborough – avoiding a dangerous T-junction and two narrow bridges.

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The plans would also provide a cycle link from the new cycleway planned for Lower Road, connecting Hanborough to Salt Cross Garden Village and Eynsham. An EIA Screening Opinion Request, the first stage in the planning process, has been lodged with West Oxfordshire District Council.

We wrote about building new houses next to railway stations in a long read last August:
https://oxfordclarion.uk/oxfords-commuter-future/