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Council takes government to court on green belt plans
Release date: Jun 15, 200
Papers served...
South Oxfordshire District Council is taking the Government to court over its plans to allow Oxford City Council to build 4000 homes in South Oxfordshire on green belt land south of Oxford.
Photo shows Ann Ducker, Council Leader and Angie Paterson, Cabinet Member for planning, with the legal papers being served today.
Ann Ducker, the Leader of the Council, said:
“We’ve fought these government plans since the day they were first announced. We have always said it is not sustainable to build housing to the south of Grenoble Road in South Oxfordshire and that this housing is not needed. We are going all the way to the High Court on this.”
The council has received legal advice that there are sufficient grounds to challenge the South East Plan in the High Court and has today served papers on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The High Court action seeks to have the part of the South East Plan quashed that relates to building housing on the Green Belt south of Grenoble Road.
Angie Paterson, the Cabinet Member for planning, said:
“We are totally opposed to development on this green belt land in South Oxfordshire. Oxford City Council, backed by the government, wants to expand the City into South Oxfordshire without justification. The City should use underdeveloped land within its own boundaries to build housing instead of trying to commandeer a large area of green belt that provides the unique setting for Oxford and contains some beautiful South Oxfordshire villages.”
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