The site is part of a Primary District Centre in Oxford's retail hierarchy as set out in the Oxford Local Plan 2036 adopted in June 2020. The site is allocated as Policy SP3 and Policy AOC2 in the Local Plan 2036. In July 2017, the Council's East Area Planning Committee resolved to grant planning permission (16/03006/FUL), subject to the signing of a legal agreement, for a mixed use development to include 225 dwellings.
Templars Square, Between Towns Road, Oxford