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Oxfordshire OpenThought consultation
CPRE Oxfordshire welcomes this new look approach to public engagement and the opportunity for the public to have their say on Oxfordshire’s future. However, this comes with a significant health-warning.
Read MoreCPRE challenges Arc Leaders to open up to the public on development plans for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc
CPRE branches in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, are challenging Council Leaders, Elected Mayors and Chief Executives from local authorities across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, to tackle the lack of transparency and public involvement that has characterised the way that a transformative growth strategy for the Arc is taking shape.
Read MoreSouth Oxfordshire Local Plan set to radically alter District: CPRE Oxfordshire will not give up fight for communities and countryside
Countryside campaigners CPRE Oxfordshire have vowed to do all they can to challenge development plans that will see 30,000 houses built in South Oxfordshire.
Read MoreSouth Oxfordshire Local Plan Hearing Sessions
Hearing sessions, which are part of the overall Examination into the Plan will be conducted virtually through online sessions using Microsoft Teams, are due to commence at 10.00am on Tuesday 14th July 2020.
Read MoreOxford Local Plan 2036 – Inspectors’ report published
City aims to adopt Plan on June 8th.
Read MoreThe Oxford Green Belt – the gap between ambition and reality
CPRE Oxfordshire has sent a letter to Secretary of State, Robert Jenrick MP, raising our concerns about the disconnect between the Government’s stated commitment to protect Green Belts and the reality of what is happening on the ground in Oxfordshire.
Read MoreDidcot Infrastructure Improvements Consultation
Oxfordshire County Council held an online consultation to update local people on the proposed package of infrastructure improvements in Didcot (closed April 30th). CPRE believes the focus on new roads is misguided – the priorities should be reducing the need to travel, followed by public transport & active travel.
Read MoreOxfordshire County Council Local Transport & Connectivity Plan Engagement
CPRE Oxfordshire is calling for a specific rural transport strategy pulling together a plan for improving transport and connectivity in rural areas, including market towns.
Read MoreCity Council evading long-term duty to house its own residents
CPRE Oxfordshire is calling on Oxford City Council to make last minute changes to its Local Plan to ensure that in the long run it can house as many of its own residents as possible.
Read MoreOxCam Arc: Budget News
Government says Expressway is ‘paused’, leaving our countryside and communities in limbo. But the bigger Arc project steamrollers on…
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