Members of the Oxford Civic Society planning group are extremely concerned about proposed changes to planning regulations which could see premises categorised as businesses to be converted to residential use leading to poor-quality homes and empty high streets.
Oxford Civic Society (OCS) has written to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government strongly objecting to their Supporting Housing Delivery and Public Service Infrastructure proposals, which envisage considerable deregulation of the planning process.
Source: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19066401.civic-society-objects-planning-free-for-all-oxford/