Clive Booth Student Village

We are pleased to confirm that planning permission has been granted by Oxford City Council’s Planning Review Committee for the redevelopment of Clive Booth Student Village which will benefit students and the wider community. The University participated in extensive engagement with the local community which resulted in significant changes and improvements to the previous application.

Thank you to everyone over the past year who helped shape this important redevelopment, which will provide an increased number of high-quality rooms within the University’s estate. This will help to reduce the number of students living in private rented accommodation and support efforts to manage local housing demand.

The University will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum while work is taking place. Initial work will commence in December 2021 and the University will continue to engage with students, staff and the local community.

Latest information on the redevelopment work taking place can be found on the works updates webpage.

Clive Booth Student Village is an existing student accommodation site, close to Marston Road in East Oxford.

It is located on land owned by Oxford Brookes, is managed by the University and is currently home to around 1,300 students. 

This includes students who are training to be nurses, paramedics, allied healthcare professionals and teachers, many of whom will work across the county during placements and after graduating. 

The University believes that the redevelopment of the site will create a number of benefits, which include:

• Helping to ensure a positive student experience by providing high-quality rooms, enhanced indoor social spaces and an improved range of accommodation options across our residences to suit affordability and personal living preferences.
• Helping to reduce pressure on local housing supply by allowing for greater numbers of students to live within student accommodation on existing University land, close to the Headington Campus, as an alternative to private rental properties in the community.
• Helping to reduce pressure on local transport systems as students travelling to the Headington Campus will be able to walk or cycle, rather than using local bus services.
• Helping to reduce the number of cars in Oxford as the University stipulates that any student living in halls of residence is not permitted to bring a vehicle to Oxford.
• Helping to provide improved facilities for Oxford Brookes University Nursery, also located on the site, which provides care for children from the local community as well as University staff and students.