Housing association Catalyst has taken handover of the first apartment building of 32 homes at Newman Place, Littlemore, Oxford.

Newman Place is a 100 per cent affordable development that will bring 270 new homes with 108 for social rent and 162 for shared ownership, with priority purchase options given to NHS key workers.

The homes help meet the general and specific need for affordable and adapted homes for local people, including family-sized homes and 14 wheelchair-accessible homes.

This first handover of new homes is a collection of 32 high-quality one- and two-bedroom homes for shared ownership in an apartment building that has been named Wilson House. The apartment buildings on the development have been named to reflect notable people connected to Littlemore, including Atwater House, Underwood House and Allin House.


Catalyst is delivering the development in partnership with Oxford City Council (OCC) and Hill Partnerships Ltd. The new homes are being built over four phases, with the development due to be completed in summer 2023, with the next apartment building scheduled to be handed over later this month (January).

Located on Armstrong Road, the development has been named Newman Place, after Saint John Henry Newman. The new community is sustainable and biodiverse in design, respecting the heritage as the former site of Littlemore Park hospital with public art commissioned to recognise this, and with a campus-style layout reflecting Oxford’s university status.

New footpaths and cycleways will connect Newman Place with the adjoining Oxford Science Park and provide local residents with access to a restored copse area, seating alongside Littlemore Brook, a play area made from natural materials and community allotments and habitats for local wildlife.