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We Love Rural Oxfordshire: a rural community film project supported by CPRE Oxfordshire
Thanks to an initiative by CPRE Oxfordshire communities throughout the county have been inspired to make a film celebrating their local area and explaining why it needs protecting from development.
Read MoreAbingdon Reservoir: Have Your Say, Thames Water Launch 2nd Public Consultation
Thames Water has been forced into higher leakage reduction targets, but says the Abingdon reservoir is now needed even sooner than it thought before. Consultation closes 28 November.
Read MoreOx-Cam Expressway: Corridor to development
The Government has today announced its chosen Corridor for the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway – putting swathes of countryside at risk.
Read MoreWest Oxfordshire Local Plan Approved
The Inspector’s report on the West Oxfordshire Local Plan has now been published, finding the Plan sound subject to Main Modifications.
Read MoreNew settlements for Oxfordshire?
This month the Government has written to Oxfordshire’s local planning authorities giving them just seven weeks to suggest suitable locations for major new settlements. Our view? This is Alice’s Adventures in Planning Land….
Read MoreOxfordshire County Council Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Part 2 – Site Allocations
Oxfordshire County Council Minerals and Waste Local Plan: Part 2 – Site Allocations Issues and Options Consultation – Deadline 4pm Wednesday 3rd October 2018
Read MoreCherwell Local Plan Examination – Pre-Hearing Meeting
The Cherwell LP Part 1 Review Examination in Public will start with a One Day Pre-Hearing Meeting purely focused on whether the proposed level of unmet need can be considered sound and if so, whether it meets the exceptional circumstances test to justify release of Green Belt.
Read MoreOxfordshire Housing Growth Plan Based on Fictional Figures
New population estimates from the Office of National Statistics have highlighted the inaccuracies in Oxfordshire’s housing figures.
Read MoreOxfordshire Growth Board 3 Year Housing Land Supply Consultation, deadline 12th July
The Oxfordshire Growth Board is hoping to negotiate a bespoke arrangement with Government on housing land supply rules.
Read MoreVale Local Plan – Examination info
Plans for large-scale housing development at Harwell, Dalton Barracks and Fyfield will be examined by a Planning Inspector, with hearing sessions now announced for July and September.
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