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Plans to house asylum seekers at a former military site near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington have been approved by the government.

Planning permission for housing for up to 1,256 men at the MoD Bicester site was approved by the Housing Secretary Angela Rayner after the Home Office used a fast-track route for projects deemed to be urgently needed and of national importance.

The Home Office said this would allow it to continue developing the plan but that no final decision on the site had been taken.

Piddington symbolically voted to leave the UK over the planned use for the site, which has also been legally challenged by campaigners. Opponents now have six weeks to challenge the approval.