 In 2015, the company went into administration.From 2012, the Castle Mill site (400m × 25m) between the Cripley Meadow Allotments to the west and the railway tracks by the Castle Mill Stream to the east, north of Oxford railway station on Roger Dudman Way, was developed as extensive student accommodation for the Oxford University Estates Directorate (OUED) by Longcross.The development was controversial due to its visibility from Port Meadow, an historic area of undeveloped land to the north.