GLASS walkways, an American-style brasserie and a handsome market square will form a striking centrepiece for Oxfordshire's newest village.

New designs, released exclusively to this paper, show the latest plans for Heyford Park – an estate of more than 1,000 homes being built on the former RAF Upper Heyford.

Hundreds of houses and buildings have already gone up at the former US airbase near Bicester including Heyford Park Free School.

The latest plans submitted to Cherwell District Council also include a convenience shop, GP surgery and an American inspired all-day brasserie, as a nod to the site's heritage.

Dorchester Living CEO Paul Silver, who is leading the development, said: "We want to create exceptional spaces that inspire and support the needs of users.

"Somewhere people want to live and work, somewhere people want to entertain, and somewhere people want to create new memories, and we believe the new village centre at Heyford Park will offer just that."

The new "state-of-the-art" village centre plans include refurbishing the Sergeant's Mess which originally housed welfare facilities at the airbase, before later becoming a burger bar. Designers hope to create an American-inspired brasserie with two roof terraces, outside kitchen and cocktail bar as well as apartments.

In another tribute to the site's military history, Dorchester Living also hopes to create a heritage centre on the site telling the story of the 1970s when the site was inhabited by 15,000 American servicemen and had the largest airfield in Europe.

It is planned the village centre will be built to the north and south of Camp Road, with the north side the surgery, heritage centre and commercial units.

The south side would focus on leisure and hospitality uses such as the village green, market square and canopy for street markets.

Mr Silver added: "This is a very ambitious and revolutionary project.

"We want the new village centre to have a distinctive character and break the boundaries of design but also provide residents and those of the local surrounding communities with the facilities they want and need.

"In creating these innovative plans, we had to take into account both what the local community needs now and what it may need in 10, 20 or 30 years’ time, which has been an interesting challenge."

Dorchester Living has refurbished many of the airbase buildings including larger officer's houses to sell or rent.

The plans will be made available for the public to view and comment on at cherwell.gov.uk/planning in the coming days.

Cherwell District Council will make a final decision on the plans in due course.