Oxford City Plans – 2008

22 October 2008 - At a meeting of the Oxford City Council Executive Board, the Council made public their plans to set up a joint venture to develop land south of Grenoble Road with Magdalen College and Thames Water to ensure the early delivery of the plan. Read or download the document discussed (PDF 640 Kb, please be patient - this large file may take several seconds to appear) at that meeting.

17 July 2008 - bad news for the Oxford Green Belt. Minister gives go-ahead for development of Grenoble Road Green Belt Area. See Press Releases issued in response and tell us your views.

Oxford City Council is preparing a document called the Core Strategy that will set out the pattern of development across Oxford until 2026. This means that it will, for example, identify which broad areas are suitable for housing and other strategic development needs. The Core Strategy will be a key document within Oxford's Local Development Framework (LDF).

Wind Turbine Proposals

　

Oxford City Council is working with a private company to install giant wind turbines on 4 sites, all in the Green Belt. The sites are at Oxford Road Horspath, Sandford Brake, Chilswell Farm and Cutteslowe Park. For more insight into City Council thinking see:

Oxford City Council Executive Board meeting of 4 February 2008 (PDF 230 Kb) proposed sites at Horspath and Sandford Brake,

Oxford City Council Executive Board meeting of 17 March 2008 (PDF 261 Kb) proposed sites at Chilswell Farm and Cutteslowe Park, and,

Oxford City Council Executive Board meeting of 21 April 2008 (PDF 435 Kb) proposed further investigation of the above sites.

"Partnerships for Renewables" (PfR) is advising Oxford City Council about wind power. Read the presentation (PDF 400 Kb) made by PfR at the AGM of the Shotover Preservation Society in June 2008.
　

Inland windfarms are not economically effective and the turbines, if erected, would spoil views and add to clutter from pylons and overhead wires in Horspath’s Green Belt setting. The Oxford Green Belt is not the place for wind turbines, least of all Shotover. They would do great harm for very little benefit.