Planning - Cherwell Local Development Framework
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Cherwell District Council (CDC) is currently working to prepare the Cherwell Local Development Framework (LDF). Local development frameworks (LDFs) will form the new planning policy for the district to 2026. LDFs replace the old system of district local plans and county structure plans.
Cherwell District Council is preparing a core strategy for Cherwell as part of its work on the Local Development Framework to 2026.
The main purpose of the core strategy is to identify issues and directions of growth for new development up to the year 2026. The council will make all its major decisions – for example, broad locations of major new housing or employment developments, through the process of preparing this strategy.
Earlier Stages of the Core Strategy
From Monday 22 February to 19 April 2010 Cherwell District Council consulted on its Draft Core Strategy.
Cherwell’s draft Core Strategy includes 3,000 of the 5,000 homes proposed for the eco-development in North West Bicester. This has allowed Cherwell District Council to meet almost all of its housing targets for 2026.
Representations received are being processed and all responses should now be available via Cherwell’s LDF Online Consultation Portal.
In February 2006, Cherwell District Council published its Issues and Options Paper for public consultation.
See CDC’s Issues and Options Paper on Cherwell’s Development Plan Documents webpage.
Timetable
Cherwell District Council had hoped to submit the draft Core Strategy to the Secretary of State by December 2010, with an Examination in Public expected to be held in May 2011, and the Core Strategy adopted in November 2011. This timetable has now been abandoned and it is very unlikely that the Core Strategy will be adopted before late 2012.
Find Out More
Below are a list of links to further information regarding this campaign: