The developers Gladman Developments keep trying to get permission to create a new housing estate on land between the Aston Road and Buckland Road. Twice it has been turned down but the company has a 90 percent success rate. Now, at February 2021, permission has still not been granted despite Gladmans reducing the number of houses it wants to build as it has been shown part of the land they intended to use was frequently flooded during periods of heavy rain. West Oxfordshire District Council does now have a development plan so locals are hopeful this whole building plan will get kicked into touch.

Yet again the local plan for housing has been delayed. West Oxfordshire District Council said it is because they've received far more feedback from local than they expected and they need time to go through them all. While we have no plan in place we are open for speculators to put in application for housing developments which really annoys residents

Properties in Mercury Close had been empty for quite some time since they were no longer used by personnel from USAF based at Fairford. Local MP Douglas Hurd came to see the vandalism to the properties.

There is a cottage for sale down the side of Mill Green for £375,000 June 2014

Photograph of the south side of church street, taken from east end dated about 1970.

Church Close, Bourton Cottages & Old Grammar School

Castle View Farmhouse, c1880

Bridge Street shops, pubs and houses

Photo of Bourton Cottages and Old Grammar School taken c1990 by Andrew Hiklditch

Beam Cottage