Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire District Councils are now starting work on a Joint Local Plan to 2041.
The Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out the timetable for producing new planning policy documents, including key production and public consultation stages. This is the first joint LDS that covers South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils.
The Local Development Scheme, March 2021 can be found here.
Call for Sites
Supporting the new Local Plan process, Vale of White District Council held a ‘Call for sites’ consultation in April to May 2020. Please be aware the Call for Sites is purely a data gathering exercise. It allows landowners, agents, developers, community groups and others who are interested in having land considered for a range of different uses to submit site information to the council that they would like to be assessed. Sites submitted for consideration have been set out in a Call for Sites Register. The site register and maps are published for information and have no status in planning – please find the link to the register below:
Call for Sites Register – April 2021
The Call for Sites does not grant planning permission to any sites submitted or confirm that the sites are suitable for development.
The sites submitted in the 2020 Call for Sites are one source of information that the council will use to consider which sites might be suitable for allocation through the Local Plan. Other potential sites and sources also need to be considered, including those sites submitted previously to the Local Plan 2031 Part 1 and Part 2. The document and appendices (which list the sites) can be found on the Local Plan Part 1 and Local Plan Part 2 webpages. The planning merits of the sites will be considered using the criteria and method consistent with relevant government guidance, the outcome of which will be published in a Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA). The HELAA is in preparation and will be published alongside future local plan consultations.
Please note: the register has been published in April 2021 and is up to date as of this month. The council may periodically update the content of the register.
If you have any questions on our Call for Sites, please contact the Planning Policy team via planning.policy@whitehorsedc.gov.uk or call 01235 422600.
If you have any questions on the survey or require it in an alternative format (for example – large print, Braille, audio, email, Easy Read and alternative languages) please email haveyoursay@southandvale.gov.uk or call 01235 422425.