Student flats plan gets the go-ahead – Oxford
A 300-bed student complex will be built in Headington despite fears its elderly neighbours will be kept awake at night.
Berkeley Homes won permission to build 313 rooms for Oxford Brookes University students on the former Dorset House School site in London Road.
Oxford City Council gave the go-ahead despite pleas from residents, including those in retirement flats and a nursing home, that late night student noise would lead to a clash of lifestyles …