PLANS have been submitted for a new 23,800sq ft Homebase store in Oxfordshire.

If planning permission is granted, the outlet will open on the Fairacres Retail Park in Abingdon late 2021 – making it the first new Homebase to open in more than six years.

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It will include a large kitchen showroom with space for customers to spend time with an expert design consultant to help turn their kitchen ideas into reality, as well as a paint and decorating area.

The new store will also feature some of Homebase’s newest ‘shop within a shop’ formats including ‘Storage and More', which sells home storage products.