West Oxfordshire District Council's deputy, Mark Booty does not believe the housing targets are achievable. Mark feels it would be more sensible for houses to be built in the south of the county where the jobs are situated. By 2031 it is said 13,200 more homes will be needed in West Oxfordshire although there is nothing to indicate that the same number of jobs will be created.

Witney Gazette April 16th 2014. Concerns over the capacity of sewers lead to delay in agreeing plans for 38 new homes in Aston. The pumping station in Aston can't cope and Thames Water will have to do work on it. There are no planning reasons to reject the application.

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

This is an advert for the sale of a house in The Lanes in Bampton. The small group of homes are for the over 55s.

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.

July 11th 2011 Miss Kelsie's cottage completely hidden by trees growing right in front of it.

Knight Frank sales catalogue for Lew House Estate

Photo taken by Bill Govier of Ursula Booth
Landlady of the Romany

Knapps farmhouse for sale, 1999, for £350,000

These photographs were all taken by John Grout in 1998 to record Church Street as it looked in that year.