CHERWELL DISTRICT COUNCIL PLANNING POLICY CONSULTATION 31 JULY 2020 TO 14 SEPTEMBER 2020 Cherwell Local Plan Review 2040 Planning for Cherwell to 2040: A Community Involvement Paper Consultation is now being undertaken to inform a review of the adopted Cherwell Local Plan 2011-2031. A new district wide Local Plan is being prepared to meet employment, housing, leisure, community facilities and infrastructure needs to 2040 and to provide a strategy for the pattern, scale and quality of development. The Local Plan review provides the opportunity to develop newer planning policies foraddressing climate change, healthy place shaping, biodiversity, our urban and rural areas and design, and help to support economic and social recovery in response to COVID-19. A Community Involvement Paper is being published and comments are invited. The Community Involvement Paper and related documents, including a Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report and representation form, are available to view on-line at

. Call for Sites

The Community Involvement Paper consultation is

accompanied by a 'Call for Sites'. This is an opportunity for

everyone to identify land or sites that could be developed

for a particular use. A site submission form is available at

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The consultation will run for six weeks from Friday 31 July

2020 to 11.59pm on Monday 14 September 2020.

Inspect the Documents On-line at:

As we are currently unable to place hard copy documents for viewing at our normal deposit locations we will post public notices at the deposit locations below. If anyone has difficulty accessing the documents online, they can contact the Planning Policy Team for assistance on 01295 227985 or email

. Cherwell District Council Offices, Bodicote House, White Post Road, Bodicote, Banbury, OX15 4AA Banbury Town Council, the Town Hall, Bridge Street, Banbury, OX16 5QB

Banbury Library, Marlborough Road, Banbury, OX16 5DB Woodgreen Library, Woodgreen Leisure Centre, Woodgreen Avenue, Banbury, OX16 0AT

Bicester Town Council, The Garth, Launton Road, Bicester,

OX26 6PS

Bicester Library, Franklins House, Wesley Lane, Bicester, OX26 6JU

Kidlington Library, Ron Groves House, 23 Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2BP

Adderbury Library, Church House, High Street, Adderbury,

OX17 3LS

Deddington Library, The Old Court House, Horse Fair,

Deddington, OX15 0SH

Hook Norton Library, High Street, Hook Norton, OX15 5NH

Banbury LinkPoint, 43 Castle Quay, Banbury, OX15 5UW

Bicester LinkPoint, Franklins House, Wesley Lane, Bicester,

OX26 6JU

Kidlington LinkPoint, Exeter Hall, OxfordRoad, Kidlington.

OX5 1AB

Submitting Comments

Comments on the Community Involvement Paper, the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report and Call for Sites submissions should be sent:

By email to

Or by post to:

Planning Policy Team, Planning Policy, Conservation and Design, Cherwell District Council, Bodicote House

Bodicote, Banbury, OX15 4AA.

Comments should be received no later than 11.59pm on Monday 14 September 2020. Any comments received will be made publicly available. Personal details will be protected although it may be necessary to disclose these to a Planning Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State, at a later date.

YVONNE REES, CHIEF EXECUTIVE