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MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

« See also Annual Parish Meeting; Parish Plan; latest.
The responsible authority for local planning is the District Council: Local Development Framework here.

Planning applications affecting Eynsham and Barnard Gate are considered by the Parish Council Planning Committee.
Click here for details of the next meeting and decisions taken in the last 6 months. Contact the clerk for earlier ones.

You can now track current/recent applications via the District Council Planning Explorer: select Eynsham from the Parish list.
The reports are saved in Adobe .pdf format and you will need the Adobe .pdf reader to open them.

The Parish Council is also involved in LARGER-SCALE proposals that may affect the village as a whole, such as affordable housing, Eynsham East, flooding response and gravel extraction. Details follow - click on any link.


PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: issues and options to 2026. 12 sites have been suggested for development in the Eynsham area. These are for discussion purposes only, NOT Council proposals; read the background here. Deadline for comments at this first stage was 12 May. Parish Council response here.
Open Space Audit July 2008 here; Draft Flood Report July 2008 here, maps here

AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Chilbridge Road): background and summary in the Housing section of the Eynsham Parish Plan. Cottsway now proposes access to the site via Merton Close - more here. Summary from consultations on 23 April here. UPDATE 04 AUGUST: a new application is imminent. Latest proposals, public responses, Parish Council feedback at meeting on 01 July here. Applicants for affordable renting OR shared ownership on a scheme of this type MUST register on the District Council waiting list: more here.

EYNSHAM EAST (Bitterell): Bryant Homes development proposals were on view on Tuesday 11 March, following Taylor Wimpey public consultation on 18 December. Comment and discussion in Council on 01 April here, Council response to developers here, notes of meeting held 14 May here. Any plan submitted to the District Council will be subject to a period of public consultation.

BACK LANE TOILETS: plans for demolition and erection of retail unit with 2 flats above were considered at the full Council meeting on 05 February. The application was withdrawn; WODC proposed to survey spaces etc in the car park then submit revised plans. A revised application was considered at the Planning Committee meeting on 12 May – Council response here.
UPDATE 19 May: Application approved subject to conditions -details here

GRAVEL EXTRACTION (Hansons): the Parish Council received details of a revised application on 10 October 2007. Contents Page, Main Changes, Fact Sheet, Public Consultation, Restoration and aftercare here. The full documentation (468 pages) is available in the Library during normal opening hours. Deadline for public comments was 9 November. Discussion in Council on 4 December here; letter to the County Council on 6 December here; letter from David Cameron MP here.

EYNSHAM NURSERY & PLANT CENTRE (certificate of lawfulness): this was considered with other applications in full Council on 4 December.


EYNSHAM ONLINE is an Eynsham Parish Council initiative.
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