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 UKThe 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 Home Office insists that final approval is still to be determined. Continue reading...