Archive for September 2020
‘Death of Localism’ Government Reforms would devastate Local Planning System
Countryside campaigners CPRE Oxfordshire have said Government planning reforms would significantly undermine local democracy and put the countryside at risk. ** STOP PRESS ** Our ’10-Minute Guide’ on how to respond to the Government’s Planning for the Future White Paper now available.
Read MoreSouth Oxfordshire Local Plan – Consultation on Proposed Main Modifications
Six-week consultation closes 2 November 2020.
Read MoreProposed changes to the Planning System will reduce local democracy and put our countryside at risk
Please act now to register your concerns
Read MoreDodgy Housing Algorithm would commit Oxfordshire to Exponential Growth
CPRE Oxfordshire is deeply concerned about the Government’s proposed new way of calculating housing numbers1, with the figures to be imposed top-down on local authorities.
Read MoreCherwell Local Plan 2040
Cherwell District Council have consulted on a Community Involvement Paper to inform a review of the adopted Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031 (closed 14 September 2020).
Read MoreCherwell District Council votes to accept its Local Plan Part 1 Review – the 4,400 houses in the Oxford Green Belt.
Cherwell District Councillors have given the final ok to 4,400 houses in the Oxford Green Belt. Over 20,000 houses are now planned to be built on our Green Belt. How can it be ‘exceptional’ if it is becoming the norm? Who is looking at cumulative impact?
Read MoreReading Transport Strategy 2036
The draft Reading Transport Strategy 2036 (RTS 2036) has been developed as the statutory Local Transport Plan (LTP4) for the Borough of Reading and sets the strategy to 2036 for a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable Reading.
Read MoreSouth Oxfordshire Local Plan – Preliminary Conclusions
Given that the Secretary of State insisted that this Local Plan was submitted for examination, it is hardly surprising that one of his Inspectors has found it acceptable.
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