Flooding at fields off Grenoble Road over the last weekend in January 2021. THERE are concerns over the site for potentially thousands of new homes after the fields became inundated by floodwater over the weekend. Land off Grenoble Road, Oxford, has been earmarked for between 1,700 and 3,000 new homes in a controversial housing plan. But some of the fields where the new homes could be built as a result of the South Oxfordshire Local Plan were left underwater over the weekend, as Oxfordshire bore witness to flooding for the third weekend this year. A local householder who did not want to be named, took pictures of water on the fields and expressed fears over whether they would be suitable for new houses.
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PLANS for two illuminated signs at the entrance to the new headquarters of Henley watchmaker Bremont have been opposed by neighbours and councillors.
The business is in the process of moving to its new office at Sheephouse Farm, off Reading Road, from its base at Sawmills in Marlow Road.
Planning permission for the new building was granted by South Oxfordshire District Council in 2017.
Now Bremont is seeking permission for the signs. They would be lit from 6am to 11pm each day using LED lights.
Harpsden Parish Council has objected, saying the signs should not be lit up.
25 new homes approved
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PLANS for 25 new homes on three adjoining plots of land in Woodcote have been approved after the parish council withdrew its opposition.
The council disagreed with the route of proposed footpaths leading to the development at Chiltern Rise Cottage, Garden Cottage and Stable Cottage to the north of Reading Road.
But it withdrew its objection after South Oxfordshire District Council, the planning authority, agreed to let parish councillors view the final arrangements before building work started.
The Oratory Schools Association, which owns the land, had been given permission to develop it in accordance with the village’s neighbourhood plan but the consent had expired.
Housing survey deadline extended
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A SURVEY to gauge how many new homes might be needed in Henley and Harpsden has been extended until Monday, February 8.
It is being conducted by Henley Town Council to help it revise the parishes joint neighbourhood plan, which will earmark sites for development to meet national targets up to 2035.
The survey was supposed to close in the middle of last month but has been extended twice because of problems publicising it.
A flyer advertising the survey didn t initially go to every household so the deadline was extended and another leaflet was circulated.
However, this incorrectly displayed the old deadline so the authority has pushed back the date for a second time to give everyone a chance to have their say.
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GORING’S mobility issues group has called for more road safety measures at a proposed housing development.
McAdden Homes, of Reading, wants to build 49 homes on a field north of Springhill Road with vehicle access off Wallingford Road to the west.
The mobility group says wheelchair users and vulnerable pedestrians will be at risk because the pavement running along the latter is obstructed.
An overgrown tree trunk and the boundary wall of a private property both jut out so people could end up in the road where traffic speeds above 40mph have been measured.