A primary school is backing plans for 80 new homes despite objections from almost 90 people.
Developer Hallam Land wants to build the homes off Holliers Crescent in Middle Barton.
A previous scheme for 80 homes was refused by West Oxfordshire District Council in November 2023.
The new development includes 50 per cent affordable homes as well as access roads, green infrastructure and drainage.
The application has attracted 87 objections and four supporting comments.
Barton Parish Council and Middle Barton Parish Council have also objected.
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"Pupil numbers are currently at an all time low and the viability of the school would need to be questioned should numbers continue to decline at this rate.
"Within the last five years pupil numbers have dropped from around 140 to just 106 in September 2024.
"Reducing numbers are in part due to falling birth rates nationally but also exacerbated by the lack of any significant housing developments within the village aimed at families wishing to move within or into the village."
Objector Terence Goddard, who lives in Holliers Crescent, said: "This application has already been rejected in the past.
"Nothing has materially changed with this current application. The same significant issues still exist.
"There is absolutely no benefit to the village. It must therefore once again be turned aside."
Sylwia Adamowska, who also lives in Holliers Crescent, added: "This is not the first time concerns have been raised regarding development in the village.
"For years, objections have been made about the lack of infrastructure, and yet no tangible improvements have been made to address these issues.
"Unless clear, actionable plans are introduced to address these concerns, this application will not be supported by a vast majority of the community."
In the application's planning statement, it said: "The proposals will contribute to supporting a strong, vibrant and healthy community, by contributing to the supply of housing required to meet the needs of present and future generations in a context of an acute shortage of deliverable land and affordable homes to meet both.
"The proposals will contribute to this objective through avoiding designated areas, heritage assets, areas at risk of flooding and high value landscapes, and through extending and formalising community access to the land where existing rights are extremely limited and restricted by the agricultural regime.
"In the light of all of the foregoing considerations, and applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development, planning permission should be granted."
