WODC Local Plan 2043: 2 strategic Charlbury Housing Sites
| Emily Algar |
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Tue 11 Nov, 15:59 If anyone wants to know where all the S106 money goes… it doesn’t. A council had about £13.2m unspent for infrastructure projects at the start of the current financial year, it said. West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) said having the "relatively large amount of money" is "not an unusual position" for an authority to be in. But it said officers "acknowledge that more could be done to proactively identify new projects" that could use it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp7epd72yo.amp https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/24703621.outrage-county-highest-amount-unspent-cash/ |
| George Ogier |
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Tue 11 Nov, 09:36 Would there be any Section 106 money from the developers to help with infrastructure? |
| Harriet Baldwin |
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Tue 11 Nov, 07:17 I don't think they do as a few years ago chipping Norton health centre had an info sheet about new housing in the town saying they wouldn't be able to cope with the number of new patients and asking patients to respond to the council. The housing went ahead and the health centre can't cope...... |
| Simon J Harley |
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Tue 11 Nov, 06:54 (last edited on Tue 11 Nov, 08:33) Knowing nothing about the way this works, can anyone confirm that they look at the town as a whole to see if it can sustain an extra 40-80 houses? Assuming these are a minimum of 2 bed houses, so at least 3 people living there, that is 240 new patients at the doctor's etc. I'm not even going to mention the parking...... |
| Rachel Gallagher |
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Mon 10 Nov, 20:53 It looks to me as if the Hydac site is already being prepared for building. |
| Rod Evans |
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Mon 10 Nov, 17:29 (last edited on Mon 10 Nov, 22:11) Long long ago, on a planet far, far away – or so it increasingly feels - I was once a (government appointed) Planning Inspector. And was ‘lead’ author of the Housing chapter of the Charlbury Neighbourhood Plan, which we adopted in 2021 – though it was mostly written sometime before… |
| Christopher Cochrane |
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Sun 9 Nov, 14:03 Feedback needs to be submitted on this page:- yourvoice.westoxon.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/feedback-preferred-spatial-options Starting Page 70 and in the boxes on page 71 are were to leave feedback on each proposed site - you must click on the yellow question mark next to the box on each proposed site IS THIS A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR NON-STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT? WHAT ARETHE REASONS FOR OR AGAINST DEVELOPMENT IN THIS LOCATION |
| Christine Battersby |
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Sun 9 Nov, 13:00 (last edited on Sun 9 Nov, 13:14) WODC have just published online a consultation about potential development sites across the district between now and 2043. The consultation runs until 22 December 2025, with people asked to give their views on 70 strategic development sites. The website is here: https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/media/ae0jcxni/local-plan-preferred-spatial-options-consultation-october-2025.pdf Two sites for housing in Charlbury have been identified: See pp 70 - 72, areas O and P. Area O is land adjacent to Jefferson's Piece for c. 40 houses -- with access via Jefferson's Piece, The Green estate, including the removal of the garages adjacent to Jefferson's Piece, and Ditchley Road. Area P is land south of Hydac, also for c40 houses, with access via the Fawler Road and Woodstock Road. Area O has been considered previously, see the 2017/18 application for a similar development for land north of Jefferson's Piece. The numerous previous comments and documents are viewable online here: https://publicaccess.westoxon.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=OTHCT5RKLSL00 Jefferson's Piece was also discussed extensively on this forum. See, for example, https://www.charlbury.info/forum/post/29144 and https://www.charlbury.info/forum/4059#23963 Can I urge everyone to look at the documents and see if they wish to respond to the question about whether these are suitable development sites. |
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