Agenda item

To receive and consider a Planning Application from West Oxfordshire District Council.

24/00482/OUT - North Witney Strategic Development Area, New Yatt Road, Witney.

Outline planning application for a residential-led mixed-use development (Use Class C3 / C2), a 2.2ha primary school (Use Class F1), and up to 400m2 community use and/or co-working hub and/or shop (Use Class E and F2) and Northern Distributor Road with creation of new vehicular access off Woodstock Road, New Yatt Road and Hailey Road and provision of public open space with associated infrastructure and earthworks. (All matters reserved except accessibility to the site, for vehicles in terms of the positioning and treatment of access to the site)

An extract from the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031 is attached which relates to the strategic development area under consideration.

The Committee received and considered the outline planning application for the North Witney Strategic Development Area received from West Oxfordshire District Council.

Members recognised a development at this site was designated in the West Oxfordshire Local Plan and there was little scope to object. There was agreement however, that the development should be the best possible and must be tied to agreements and legal obligations which ensured vitally needed infrastructure was considered at this outline application stage and delivered early in the development.

There was further agreement that the Council should explore the possibility of a community governance review of Witney’s boundaries as this development would utilise Witney’s infrastructure and services.

Resolved:

1.      That, the comments, as per the attached document be forwarded to West Oxfordshire District Council and,

2.      That, Witney Town Council considers requesting a Community Governance Review, with officers providing a report at the next meeting