Archive for October 2022

In an attempt to drive growth, the government’s proposed Investment Zones will threaten many of our most loved landscapes, stripping away the protection of the planning system from swathes of the countryside. Oxfordshire County Council has confirmed it will not be pursuing Investment Zone status, see the statement below. Helen Marshall, Director of CPRE Oxfordshire:…

CPRE Oxfordshire is demanding that South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) revoke planning permission for a massive 120-hectare solar farm at Nineveh Farm near Nuneham Courtenay on an open and unspoilt Green Belt hillside directly facing the City. Helen Marshall, Director of CPRE Oxfordshire, said: “It’s hard to believe how a responsible local authority could have…

Image Credit: Nicola Schafer Hedgerows are in trouble. We’ve lost half of them since the Second World War, and we desperately need the government to legislate a target that reverses this trend – to kickstart the planting and restoring of hedgerows up and down the country.  That’s why this week will culminate in the hand-in of our…

The Preferred Options consultation on the Oxford Local Plan 2040 is now live and closes Monday 14 November. CPRE Oxfordshire believes this consultation is not fit for purpose.  A Local Plan’s fundamental objective is to set out the quantity and spatial distribution of proposed development – this Preferred Options consultation is completely opaque on both.…