Oxfordshire County Council is seeking your views on the current stage of work on the A40 corridor: the feasibility design of the proposed A40 Eynsham Park & Ride and the bus lane scheme.

West Oxfordshire District Council has published a number of proposed modifications to the West Oxfordshire Local Plan, including a dramatic increase in housing numbers and proposals for a new garden village at Eynsham. Consulation runs until Friday 23 December 2016.

West Oxfordshire's revised Local Plan has been approved for consultation by councillors following concerns raised by the Inspector about the housing figures.

West Oxfordshire District Council to revert to the SHMA housing target of 600 homes a year in its Local Plan.

West Oxfordshire District Council has commissioned a partial update of the 2014 SHMA as part of its Local Plan process. A public consultation will run until 26th August.

Do you live in West Oxfordshire and have an interest in the local landscape and/or planning issues?   If you could spare an hour or two a month to help our local committee, then we would love to hear from you!

The West Oxfordshire Local Plan Inspector Mr Simon Emerson has formally suspended the examination of the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031 until December 2016, to allow the Council to undertake consultation on ‘main modifications’ in order to make the plan 'sound'.

Local Plan inspector has told West Oxfordshire District Council that their housing numbers are not justified and they must be reviewed (presumably upwards!). 

Planning Inspector Mr Simon Emerson has been appointed to establish whether the West Oxon Local Plan is 'sound', taking into account the representations made earlier this year, as well as national policy.

The Inspector for the Hearings into the West Oxfordshire Local Plan, Mr. Simon Emerson, has announced today that he is postponing the Stage 1 Hearings into the Local Plan due to ‘serious personal circumstances’.