Angela Rayner grants planning approval for asylum centre in Piddington despite local opposition
Home Office sign-off also needed for site that would house 1,200 asylum seekers near Oxfordshire village that voted to leave UK The communities secretary…
Home Office sign-off also needed for site that would house 1,200 asylum seekers near Oxfordshire village that voted to leave UK The communities secretary, Angela Rayner, has approved full planning permission for an asylum centre at a Ministry of Defence site near the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire.
The decision approves plans to go ahead with the refurbishment and redevelopment of the former barracks. The Guardian reported the story.
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- Angela Rayner, Piddington, Home Office, Oxfordshire
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