Barton – Proposed Submission
Following on from the formal adoption of the Core Strategy for Oxford, the City Council has most recently consulted on the third stage (‘Proposed Submission’), to be submitted for Public Examination for the new Barton development, as part of the process for establishing policies to form an Area Action Plan (AAP) to determine the framework for the proposed major new housing development.
Several aspects of the proposals are controversial, including potential effects on Old Headington and Northway, the treatment of allotments and the existing Nature Park, the A40 itself, and the relationship of the new housing to it. These will no doubt all be debated in depth at the forthcoming Public Examination, expected to be held in July 2012
At the earlier stages (‘Issues & Options’ and ‘Preferred Options’) of consultation on this project we submitted responses and we responded again to the latest consultation in March 2012. All the Society’s responses can be viewed here:
- OCS response to Oxford City Council’s questionnaire
- OCS accompanying textual response
May 2012
Peter Thompson, Chairman
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