Local Group Web Manager: Jane Tomlinson
Jane Tomlinson, PR manager, CPRE Oxfordshire
ROAR Rally, Saturday 24 January
Join CPRE at the ROAR Rally to say 'NO to unsustainable development in Oxfordshire'!
Save the Vale countryside - Public Meeting on 2 December
Come along to our public meeting to find out more about the threats to the Vale countryside in the Vale's draft Local Plan.
Cherwell Draft Local Plan Modifications
A crucial opportunity to object to unjustified housing numbers, by 3 October
Can you breathe?
South Oxfordshire is consulting on plans to improve air quality acrosss the District, especially in Henley, Wallingford and Watlington where pollution has reached levels identified by the government as potentially harmful to health.
Solar Farm in Oxford Green Belt
CPRE has written to the Secretary of State asking him to call in an Inspector's decision to grant permission for a solar farm at Bletchingdon, which would be the first within the Oxford Green Belt.
Vale Green Belt at serious risk - ACT NOW
The Vale of White Horse draft Local Plan is proposing 1,700 houses at seven sites in the Green Belt. But it is also suggesting taking nearly 20 more sites out of the Green Belt to make development easier in the future. How many holes can you put in a belt before it falls apart?
Please respond to the consultation by 4 April.
Oxford City seeks 'Right to Grow'
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....
EU funding for Oxon - speak up for rural issues
The Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership is currently consulting on how best to spend £16m of EU Structural Investment Fund money in the county between now and 2020. It's good news, but we need your help to give rural issues more of a say.
Fight now to avoid more Hill View Farm cases
The Government wants to continue relaxing the rules on which developments need planning permission. This could mean your community changing overnight - but you'd get no say in it. Act now!
Oxpens meadow
Oxpens meadow is one of the last remaining vestiges of open green space in Oxford's West End area. It is a well-maintained field next to the ice rink used by walkers, residents and sportspeople. It is owned by the City Council and measures about 2 hectares (5 acres). It’s bounded to the south by the river Thames; to the east by the Castle Mill Stream and to the west by land owned by British Rail Board (Residuary) Ltd.
For decades the Meadow has been threatened. If the City's current plans for the redevelopment of the West End are realised, only about half of the Meadow would remain for public enjoyment. The site has been earmarked by the City Council as part of its West End rejuvenation scheme to include a conference centre, a police station, a relief road and riverside apartments.
These threats prompted SENDRA (St Ebbes New Development Residents’ Association) to apply to Oxfordshire County Council to register the Meadow as a Town Green under the Commons Act 2006. Town Green status would ensure the retention of Oxpens Meadow in perpetuity as a public open space. The Friends of Oxpens Meadow (FOM) was born. CPRE Oxfordshire strongly support FOM’s efforts.
