Work appears to have started on the former ‘circus field’ next to Aldi in north Abingdon, with grass being cleared and roadways beginning to be marked out.

The site has planning permission (P23/V2861/O) from June 2025 for a mixed development including a care home and new homes. I believe, the care home has full planning permission and can be built once the necessary technical details have been approved, while the housing still needs further approval on exactly what will be built and what it will look like.

As the technical approvals for the care home have been approved with further planning applications over the last year, my guess is that this first phase of work will be for roads and the care home at the lower end of the site. The housing will follow once the remaining planning applications have been submitted and approved.

There was also talk of a nursery when the plans were first discussed but I believe that is no longer part of the plans. Let me know if I am wrong.