Plans to build a university campus on green belt land have been approved.

Proposals for the grounds of the Grade II listed Foxcombe Hall in Boars Hill, include 60 student bedrooms, a 200-seat lecture theatre, library, dining hall, cafe and gym.

Vale of White Horse District Council’s planning committee was recommended to approve the application.

The former Open University site at Boars Hill was sold in 2017 to Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS).

The new campus could see the creation of 32 full-time jobs, while the economic contribution from student expenditure per year would increase to £1.6 million per year by 2024.