Planning changes: more detail needed to protect the countryside
Written by CPRE Oxfordshire
Last week the Government announced more changes to the planning system. We are worried that without further safeguards and assurances, greater freedom to convert farm buildings will risk damaging the character of the countryside.
The ‘Oxford City Deal’ proposal has been submitted to Government by Oxford City Council, with no public consultation. If approved, it threatens our local democracy and our countryside, including the Oxford Green Belt. Please act now.
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A farmer wants to create a monster solar farm on 74.5 hectares (about 200 acres) of his land at Wadley Hill Farm between Barton and Beckley, just outside Oxford bang-slap in the green belt.
