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Barton Park development SHIFTING goalposts in planning targets may leave areas of countryside around Oxford open to housing development. Since 2017, the county has had a special arrangement with the Government where planning chiefs must demonstrate three years' worth of homes are being built to meet predicted need for housing. But now, all five of Oxfordshire’s district councils, which oversee planning, will have to revert to the normal arrangements of maintaining a five-year housing land supply, to meet housebuilding targets calculated by the Government. Property firm Savills has ...

I AM writing to say I am very concerned that excessive amounts of property building is being recommended on green field sites in Dorset, especially…

They can also set requirements on the energy-efficiency of new developments. Councillor Anne-Marie Simpson, cabinet member for planning at South Oxfordshire, said: “We all know how important Local Plans are to our communities. "I am looking forward to a good democratic debate about the idea of creating a joint one with our colleagues in the Vale.” The councils said having a joint plan could help them address climate change and achieve their carbon targets, but said it would also provide new challenges that would need to be overcome, including the councils’ separate democratic pr...

LAND on the edge of Basingstoke earmarked for 2,500 new homes should be protected, according to a countryside charity. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) carried out an assessment of the countryside around Cliddesden set to be home to the Upper Swallick development. It claims that the 296 hectare site is classified as 'valued landscape' and it should be protected. CPRE Hampshire claims it has an "important contribution" to the characteristics of the Basingstoke Open Downs. Christopher Napier, of CPRE Hampshire, said: "Landscapes play a vital role in tackling the climate em...

COUNCILLORS have agreed to bring their Local Development Plan forward for review.