Bodleian Depository plan rejected by Oxford City Council

"Oxford City Council has rejected development plans put forward by the University to build a book depository at Osney Mead to house the Bodleian's growing collections and to enable it to undertake a major redevelopment of the New Bodleian Library in Broad Street. The proposal underpinned the University's strategy to maintain and develop the world-class status of its libraries in the 21st century"