Planning

March 19, 2021

Following the government’s announcement that proposals for an Expressway between Oxford and Cambridge have been scrapped, the Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council has welcomed the news and offered a note of caution about the government’s next steps. The district council formally withdrew support for the Expressway at its meeting in July 2019 following a motion put […]

March 2, 2021

The two district councils in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse are looking into the possibility of developing a joint Local Plan for the area to significantly reduce costs and help the councils meet their ambitious targets for making the two districts carbon neutral. Local Plans are used to help determine planning applications […]

February 23, 2021

South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse District Councils have helped raise more than £240,000 for great crested newt habitats.  The funds have been raised over three years through an ongoing, innovative conservation scheme to protect the newts, which are a European protected species.   The councils have a Natural England licence allowing them […]

December 11, 2020

Issued on 11 December 2020 Following a government Direction to progress the Local Plan 2035 through to examination and adoption, councillors at South Oxfordshire District Council have voted to adopt the plan. Cllr Anne-Marie Simpson, Cabinet Member for Planning at South Oxfordshire District Council, said: “We were faced with no real choice but to adopt […]

November 30, 2020

Issued on 30 November 2020 The South Oxfordshire Local Plan will be considered for adoption next week at a series of meetings at South Oxfordshire District Council after the Inspector examining the plan concluded the plan with its modifications is sound.  The district council has been progressing the Local Plan through the examination process and […]

November 4, 2020

Cllr Anne-Marie Simpson wrote a letter to the Henley Standard on 4 November 2020 in relation to their article on the 30 October about the Thames Farm development in Shiplake. Dear Sir,  I am aware of your article on the Thames Farm development at Shiplake in last week’s edition (30 October).  Within the article you […]

September 22, 2020

Released on September 21, 2020 Councillors in South Oxfordshire are urging residents, communities, local businesses and organisations to have their say on a number of changes proposed by the Planning Inspector to the emerging South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035. The emerging Local Plan is currently being progressed to adoption under a Direction from the Secretary […]

August 11, 2020

Released on August 9, 2020 The government has published their White Paper that sets out how they would like to reform the planning system starting with a consultation document entitled ‘Planning for the Future’.  The consultation is now open for comments until 29 October.   You can download the White Paper here. Another consultation now open […]

August 3, 2020

Released on August 3, 2020 The public examination of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan enters its fourth and final week this week with discussions set to focus mostly on the district’s three market towns and Didcot Garden Town. On Tuesday 4 August proceedings will start by looking at Henley on Thames, with the remaining time […]

July 27, 2020

Released on July 27, 2020 The public examination of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2034 is set to enter its third week on Tuesday 28 July when discussions will focus on strategic sites which have been put forward as potential development areas in the emerging Plan.  On Tuesday the focus will be on Chalgrove Airfield, […]