The county has been earmarked for 21,000 new homes by 2026

Regional planners hope to allow 21,000 new homes to be built in Oxfordshire between 2016 and 2026, with 10,000 of them likely to be on greenfield sites.

The county council is asking residents to say whether the homes should be concentrated in Bicester and Didcot, or the south of the county.

Opponents of the plan warn it may put a strain on local resources and roads.

The options are at best a slight variation of the same proposal Gordon Manning, Applemore Parish Council

The South East England Regional Assembly (Seera) has agreed in principle to a total of 578,000 new homes for Oxfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire in the next 20 years.

Oxfordshire County Council, along with others in the region, must consult residents on the plans and report back to Seera in December.

People can vote online, by post or at exhibitions around the county until 28 October and can also suggest their own alternatives to the two proposed locations.

However, some residents have complained that the consultation does not go far enough.

Gordon Manning, chair of Appleford Parish Council near Didcot, said: "The options are at best a slight variation of the same proposal.

"They totally ignore the fact that the A34 is totally inadequate at present and all indications are that the Highways Agency are not planning any major improvements within the projected timescales.