Eye and Dunsden Neighbourhood Plan
Eye and Dunsden Parish Council is working on creating a neighbourhood plan to influence the way their area grows and develops into the future.
What’s happening now?
Eye and Dunsden Parish Council is working on a neighbourhood plan which has recently been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council.
The publicity period on the submitted neighbourhood plan and supporting documents which runs from Thursday, 27 November 2025 to 11.59pm on Thursday, 15 January 2026.
You can view the neighbourhood plan and supporting documents below:
- Eye and Dunsden Neighbourhood Plan
- Consultation Statement
- Basic Conditions Statement
- SEA Screening Statement
- Appendix I: Settlement Character Assessment and Design Code
- Appendix II: Landscape Character Assessment
- Appendix III: Heritage Assets Evidence Base Document
- Appendix IV: Local Green Space Assessment
- Appendix V: Green Corridors in Eye and Dunsden
- Appendix VI: Biodiversity Reports
- Appendix VII: Community Aspirations
- Appendix VIII: Flooding Report
- Appendix X: Local Insight Report (OSCI 2021)
- Appendix XII: Local Trees
- Appendix XIII: Parish Amenities Schedule
Paper copies of the plan are available to view at The Crown, Playhatch, RG4 9QN at the following times:
| Monday – Thursday | 7:00 – 23:00 |
| Friday | 7:00 – 00:00 |
| Saturday | 8:00 – 00:00 |
| Sunday and Bank Holidays | 8:00 – 22:30 |
Please note that opening hours may vary over the Christmas period.
The documents can also be viewed by appointment at the district council’s office at Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE on Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 5pm and Friday 8.30am – 4pm. Please email or call us to make an appointment.
Please note that Abbey House is closed from 4pm on 24 December 2025 until 2 January 2026.
The consultation documents can also be made available to view in an alternative format (for example large print, braille, audio, email, Easy Read and alternative languages) on request.
Please contact us on 01235 422600 or email planning.policy@southandvale.gov.uk
if you need help accessing the consultation materials or have any queries about this consultation.
If you know anyone you think would be interested in this publicity period who does not have access to the internet, we would appreciate your help in telling them about it. Please ask them to get in touch with us via our contact details provided above.
How to comment
The quickest and easiest way to join the conversation is to use our online comment form.
Comments can also be made by:
- emailing planning.policy@southandvale.gov.uk
- writing to Planning Policy, South Oxfordshire District Council and post to ‘Freepost SOUTH AND VALE CONSULTATIONS’ (no other address information or stamp is needed)
- completing a paper comment form (available on request) and posting or emailing it back to us
Next steps
After the publicity period ends, your comments, name, email (if applicable) and postal address will be sent to an independent examiner to consider. The opportunity for further comments at this stage would only be at the specific request of the examiner.
Most neighbourhood plans are examined without the need for a public hearing. If you think the neighbourhood plan requires a public hearing, you can state this in your comments, but the examiner will make the final decision.
Please clearly state in your comments if you wish to be notified of our decision on whether we formally adopt the neighbourhood plan.
All personal data will be held securely by the council and examiner in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Comments submitted by individuals will be published on our website alongside their name. No other contact details will be published. Comments submitted by businesses or organisations will be published in full, including contact details. Further information on how we store personal data is provided in our privacy statement.
Supporting Documents:
- Area Designation Letter
- Area Designation Map
- Eye and Dunsden SEA Screening Statement (published 24 January 2025)
More information on the process is available on our Neighbourhood Planning Resources page.
If you would like to discuss neighbourhood planning with a member of the team, please contact us.
Contact us - Planning policy
01235 422600
(Text phone users add 18001 before dialing)
South Oxfordshire District Council
Abbey House
Abbey Close
Abingdon
OX14 3JE