With an Inspector this week beginning to examine Oxford City's plans for the Northern Gateway area, CPRE has uncovered the fact that it is one of the landowners, St John's College, which may have scuppered the chances of much-needed housing on the site.

ROAR is a new independent group of Oxfordshire residents and action groups who want their views on unsustainable development to be heard loud and clear....

Consultation on West Oxfordshire's housing plans ends tomorrow, with proposed housing figures up 73% from the last draft.  CPRE West Oxon is calling for lower numbers, especially in view of the District's past over-delivery.

West Oxfordshire District Council launches its Local Plan consultation today, with CPRE urging a further reduction in the housing target to avoid putting the countryside and infrastructure under pressure.

'None of the above' is our message to South Oxfordshire's proposals for accommodating a huge increase increase in housing numbers, but some options are still worse than others!   Please add your voice - consultation closes 23 July.

Protect Rural Oxfordshire (PRO) 

Help us to challenge unsustainable new housing targets

In the summer of 2014, CPRE Oxfordshire launched a new campaign – Protect Rural Oxfordshire (PRO) – to challenge the unrealistic and deeply flawed housing figures proposed in the Oxfordshire Strategic Housing Market Assessment and to fight for a more sustainable vision for the future of our county.

A 270 house development is putting the landscape of the the Windrush Valley under threat, although the developers don't even want to do an environmental impact assessment. The Windrush Valley Protection Group would like your help.

Our media statement in response to the suspension of the Examination in Public of Cherwell District Council's Local Plan.

CPRE Oxfordshire has called on local District Councils to reject new housing figures after a report reveals they are over 2.5 times the Government's own projections.   

CPRE Oxfordshire is today (Thursday 15 May) launching a new campaign – Protect Rural Oxfordshire (PRO) – to challenge the Oxfordshire Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA), which suggests that 100,000 houses are needed in Oxfordshire by 2031, up from an earlier estimate of 54,700.