1. Review of Vale Local Plan Part 2

2. Housing developments in the parish
GWP 250 (guess)
~800 (eventually)
Talbot Close 65
Blenheim Hill 80
Orchard Way 9 ?
Reading Rd. 16 ?
Valley Park * 4,254 (2,250)
Grove Rd. N * 207
Didcot Rd. N 60
Campus East * 850
Campus North * 550
* Strategic site in Local Plan

3. Vale Local Plan Part 1
Submitted December (after 2 years of consultation)
Examination in Public
September weeks
Housing numbers
Oxford unmet need
February weeks
5 year supply and deliverability of strategic sites
Green belt and AONB
Campus site visit
Conclusion
Remove AONB sites
Adopted
December 2016

4. Vale Local Plan Part 2
(Source: Vale LPP2 presentation)

5. Proposed Housing Supply
(Source: Vale LPP2 presentation)

6. Addressing Oxford’s unmet housing need
(Source: Vale LPP2 presentation)

7. Supporting Science Vale and Didcot Garden Town
(Source: Vale LPP2 presentation)

8. Supporting Science Vale and Didcot Garden Town
(Source: Vale LPP2 presentation)

9. West of Harwell Village allocation (Grove Rd)

10. Grove Road 100 houses Distorts the village envelope
No integration with adjacent site already under construction
Additional traffic generation on narrow Grove Road
Quantum. Site has a capacity for 196 houses. Allocating only 100 houses is misleading and mischievous
Allocation not needed

11. Campus allocation

12. Campus 1,000 houses
Site is on AONB. No evidence presented to demonstrate exceptional need, as required by NPPF and the inspector
“at this point in time I consider it unlikely that the exceptional circumstances necessary to approve such an application would reasonably be considered to exist” Inspector Report #121
No evidence to overcome inspectors statement
“the need for a “work-live-play” community at Harwell … has not been demonstrated” Inspector Report #118

13. Campus 1,000 houses (continued)
If the evidence can be presented, PC is in favour of providing employment related housing on the Campus
Suspect that evidence can be found to support some employment related housing, but 1000 seems unlikely
Not convinced that Campus Policies CP15 and CP15b provide sufficient protection against provision of open market housing
Even at high density, 1000 houses is too many for the site
Control needed to ensure minimal impact on AONB (visual, light pollution etc)
Request green space as a buffer between existing houses and new development

14. Best way to comment (object)
Refer to specific numbered paragraphs
Highlight specific text and statements
Say what is wrong, and try to suggest a remedy
Avoid just saying you don’t like something, or you object to something – try to give reasons
Make arguments based on planning principles
Use your own words.