Current news
The Vale of White Horse District Council has published an update to its Local Plan 2031 proposals and it's not good news. The proposed housing figures have shot up, leading to the identification of 21 new development sites including in the Green Belt and AONB, threatening to undermine the character of the rural Vale.
How will we deal with minerals and waste in the county between now and 2030? That's the question Oxfordshire County Council is seeking to answer with its new Minerals & Waste Core Strategy. The Draft Strategy is now open for consultation, running until 7 April.
Join our cosmic count - no telescope required (but you could win one!)
Star Count 2014 runs from 26 Feb - 8 March.
Over 10,000 pages later, we have waded through the HS2 Environmental Statement and submitted our response. Tranquillity issues, especially noise, remain a key concern for local communities. Deadline for your own response is Thurs 27 Feb.
This month saw the start of construction of England's biggest solar farm, at East Hanney near Didcot. It's one of a number now springing up across the Vale of White Horse, so we've taken the opportunity to update our map of solar farms in Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire County Council is consulting on its Rights of Way Management Plan 2014-2024. Help keep our paths healthy!
Planning Minister hugely critical of Port Meadow development
Written by CPRE Oxfordshire
'One of the worst planning process I have ever encountered' says Nick Boles and calls on the Council and University to apologise.
A report into the planning fiasco of accommodation blocks at Port Meadow has heavily criticised Oxford City Council and Oxford University. But now what's happening with the Environmental Impact Assessment?
Oxford City seeks 'Right to Grow'
Written by Local Group Web Manager: Jane Tomlinson
Oxford City Council has leapt onto new Labour proposals to give cities a 'Right to Grow', but this could only mean expansion into the Oxford Green Belt....
