West Oxfordshire’s Local Plan

West Oxfordshire District Council has launched its latest public consultation on its emerging Local Plan, inviting residents, businesses, community groups and stakeholders to help shape the policies that will guide how the district grows and develops up to 2041. 

The Local Plan is the Council’s key strategic document for managing development. It will influence how and where new homes, jobs, services, and infrastructure come forward in the years ahead, and how the district responds to major challenges including the climate emergency, housing affordability and nature recovery. 

This consultation, known as the ‘Preferred Policy Options’ stage, sets out the Council’s proposed direction, including a new vision for West Oxfordshire in 2041, updated objectives, and preferred policy approaches on housing, transport, the economy, climate, infrastructure, health and wellbeing, and more. 

This stage of the consultation does not include details of specific individual development sites. Instead, it focuses on the overall strategy and direction of the plan – the preferred policy options. A further consultation specifically focused on potential future development locations will follow later in the year. 

The consultation will run from 26 June to 8 August and can be accessed online at: https://yourvoice.westoxon.gov.uk/en-GB/folders/your-plan-for-the-future  

The consultation platform provides a breakdown of each chapter of the Preferred Policy Options paper, with a chance to leave feedback throughout the document. Hard copies of the consultation paper will be made available Council offices. 

Public drop-in events will also be held in towns and villages across the district, as well as online sessions, giving residents the chance to speak with planning officers, ask questions and share their views.