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The Wheatsheaf, Oxford, is the subject of a planning application for town centre flats. Picture: Pete Hughes ​MUSIC lovers fighting to save Oxford city centre’s last gig venue from closure, have accused the building’s owner of ‘a fundamental lack of understanding’ over a document which purports to show almost 30 alternative music spaces within walking distance. Plans have been submitted to close the upstairs venue at The Wheatsheaf, off High Street, and turn it into student flats. ...

Paul Bibby The judge’s gavel has fallen on one of the two DAs for a major housing development at West Byron, setting in stone the proposal from Tower Holdings to create 149 housing lots on the much fought-over site. Some locals will be gnashing their teeth, others celebrating, while a fair few in the middle will be quietly acknowledging that things could have been a lot worse. Map of revised Villa World DA. Map by Dailan Pugh But what are we actually going to get at West Byron? First, the go...