October 2011

31st October - Lower county mineral targets would take pressure off communities says CPRE Oxfordshire.

16th October - Leading planning QC exposes flaws in Government planning reforms.

12th October - CPRE issues quality challenge to house builders.

10th October - CPRE Oxfordshire tells government the planning reforms are "weighted too heavily in favour of economic development at the expense of the environment."

6th October - New research published by CPRE Oxfordshire shows that four out of five local authorities in Oxfordshire will be without a planning Core Strategy on 1st April 2012 when changes to the planning system are expected to take effect.

September 2011

30th September - Government consultation on NPPF - 10 days to go!

29th September - Inspector rejects SODC's call for a Green Belt review at Wheatley.

21st September - 'Government's changes to planning system will undermine purpose of Oxford Green Belt', says Oxfordshire branch of CPRE.

20th September - 'Last Roll of Dice' says Witney Branch of CPRE of Public Inquiry into Cogges Link Road.

13th September - CPRE Oxfordshire welcomes the news that OCC has rejected plans for a huge MBT plant at Sutton Courtenay.

August 2011

1st August - Public Inquiry into Cogges Link Road to be held at the end of September.

1st August - Vale of White Horse Planning Committee rejects WRG's revised planning application for an MBT plant at Sutton Courtenay.

July 2011

26th July - CPRE is appalled by the Government’s proposed changes to the planning system which include a default ‘yes’ to development.

26th July - CPRE responds to City's Sites and Housing DPD Preferred Options consultation.

21st July - Councillors criticise the amended planning application for first phase of the North West Bicester eco-development.

13th July - CPRE objects to WRG's amended application for an MBT plant at Sutton Courtenay.

11th July - Oxfordshire's advertising-free countryside at risk as CPRE forced to abandon its claim for Judicial Review.

8th July - CPRE objects to SODC's Core Strategy proposals to build in Green Belt at Berinsfield and Wheatley.

7th July - A new CPRE project, 'Supporting Communities and Neighbourhoods in Planning', is being launched to help local people to respond to the Localism Bill.

June 2011

28th June - CPRE Oxfordshire responds to HS2 Consultation.

27th June - Smaller wind turbines for Horspath?

14th June - Further delays to OCC Consultation on Minerals and Waste.

2nd June - CPRE launches campaign to protect City's green spaces.

May 2011

May 2011 - Hansons withdraws its application for gravel extraction in the Cassington / Eynsham area,

9th May - CPRE objects to wind turbine at Cherwell Valley Services

9th May - Environment Agency propose a smaller reservoir at Abingdon

9th May - County’s minerals and waste policy - update

9th May - CPRE Oxfordshire responds to consultation on West Oxfordshire draft Core Strategy

9th May - Examination into the South Oxfordshire Core Strategy

9th May - Revised planning application for ‘Exemplar’ phase submitted

April 2011

11th April - CPRE asks High Court to rule on SODC’s claim that it can ignore its own policies to protect the countryside.

March 2011

March - Mechanical Biological Treatment plant on Sutton Courtenay Landfill Site

31st March - ‘Victory for common sense’ – CPRE’s reaction to the news that Horspath wind turbine has been scrapped

29th March - Proposed Wind Turbine test mast will damage environment and amenity to no purpose says CPRE

28th March - NW Bicester eco-town not green enough

18th March - The County Council has adopted a new Local Transport Plan (LTP3)

18th March - Oxford Core Strategy adopted

March - Friends of Oxpens Meadow sign a MoU with City Council leader Bob Price

9th March - PfR submits planning application for wind monitoring mast

9th March - Secretary of State allows Viridor’s appeal

7th March - CPRE Oxfordshire delighted at Government’s decision to reject Abingdon Reservoir

4th March - Slurry lagoon in Green Belt at Yarnton likely to be approved

4th March - Incinerator for Calvert, Buckinghamshire

February 2011

28th February - CPRE Oxfordshire is very disappointed at the "take it or leave it" style of HS2 Consultation

16th February - CPRE deplores South Oxfordshire decision to continue with commercial advertising on roundabouts

15th February - CPRE Oxfordshire hits out at High Speed 2 plans

January 2011

26th January - CPRE calls on SODC to delete proposals for development in the Green Belt from draft Core Strategy

26th January - Scrutiny Committee approves SODC’s scheme for advertisements on roundabouts

24th January - Take part in CPRE’s Star Count Week 2011

14th January - Councillors vote in favour of advertising on roundabouts

12th January - CPRE supports local campaign against giant wind turbine at Horspath

11th January - CPRE exposes SODC's renewed attempt to whitewash its breaches of planning control

7th January - PfR’s application for a test mast for Horspath wind turbine expected soon

7th January - CPRE disappointed that Northern Gateway is given go-ahead

6th January - CPRE disappointed at Inspector's decision to approve Viridor's application for an incinerator at Ardley

5th January - Star Count Week (January 31st to February 6th 2011) – Take Part!

January - CPRE says that Thornhill Park and Ride runs the risk of becoming a hub for outward rather than inward travel if extension allowed

December 2010

December - CPRE says consideration of the environment does not feature highly enough in Oxfordshire’s Local Transport Plan 3

23rd December - CPRE says City must protect Green Belt and other green spaces when allocating sites for future development

21st December - Planned route of HS2 altered after protests from countryside campaigners

16th December - CPRE requests Secretary of State to call-in Viridor’s application for an incinerator at Ardley

9th December - SODC Consultation on draft Core Strategy

8th December - SODC are to stop sponsoring the Benson roundabout after the £3,000 cost considered a waste of cash

3rd December - CPRE tells inspector it would prefer a modified, sound Core Strategy to proceed rather than have a policy vacuum in Oxford

3rd December - Oxfordshire County Council has issued its Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) on the land needed to build the Cogges Link Road (CLR) at Witney

2nd December - Dangerous Signs should Stay, says County Council

November 2010

23rd November - Horspath Parish Council will oppose the proposed wind turbine

22nd November - South Oxfordshire District Council approves Core Strategy

17th November - Star Count Week (January 31st to February 6th 2011) – Take Part!

12th November - CPRE says: New homes bonus must deliver homes that stand the test of time

10th November - CPRE Oxfordshire welcomes County Councils’ decision to cut back on street lighting, but says it could do more

November - CRPE Oxfordshire responds to DEFRA’s White Paper on the Environment

November - Stars and snowdrops at Hanwell

November - NATS will not be consulting further on TCN

November - Planning application to be submitted for NW Bicester Eco-Development

October 2010

30th October - CPRE submits its response to SODC’s application for advertising on roundabouts

28th October - OCC approves Viridor’s application for an incinerator at Ardley

26th October - CPRE welcomes Pickles call to de-clutter the Countryside

21st October - West Oxfordshire to be the site of yet more gravel extraction decides Oxfordshire County Council

12th October - CPRE Oxfordshire objects to proposed Mechanical Biological Treatment Plant proposed for Sutton Courtenay