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About the Bicester Area Context & Challenges About the Bicester Area Context & Challenges Contents 1. Closer to Communities 2. Area location and overview 3. People living in the Bicester area 4. Growth and housing development 5. Transport, services and retail provision 6. Educational attainment and deprivation 7. Key discussion points 8. Annex Oxfordshire County Council – Closer to Communities 1 1. Closer to Communities In January 2010 Oxfordshire County Council adopted the Closer to Communities Strategy, which aims to improve services at the local level through cross organisational and joint working with partners. 14 localities, centred on the city and our market towns, were agreed as the basis for developing improved locality working (see Inset 1). 1 Inset 1: The Oxfordshire County Council localities 1 See Annex for further sources of information Oxfordshire County Council – Closer to Communities 2 However, we recognise that some areas face more significant challenges in terms of development, regeneration and inequalities than others. Therefore Cabinet has agreed to place particular emphasis on six localities – Didcot, Carterton, Banbury, Oxford, Abingdon and Bicester – where there will be significant development and/or a need to address inequalities. The Bicester locality meeting brings together council service managers and elected members for the area. This is a step in developing the council’s approach to locality working. What we are aiming to achieve is to: understand the Bicester area and particular challenges it may face; meet the needs of the different communities within the area, both now and in the future; and work together more effectively on the key issues affecting the area. Purpose of this report: This report is intended to inform council staff and elected members working in the Bicester area; it may also be of interest to partners. Presented under key headings, it offers highlights from the wide range of evidence that is available corporately, in directorates and services, to paint a broader picture 2 of what the area is like now and how it is likely to develop in the future . The following sections present information about the area, the people living there and key issues facing Bicester and the surrounding area to support improved locality working across services. Section 7 pulls together some of the key challenges facing the Bicester area to help to guide discussions around the themes: growth and housing development; transport, services and retail provision; educational attainment and deprivation. 2 See the annex below for more details and explanation of how to find out more. Oxfordshire County Council – Closer to Communities 3 2. Area location and overview Bicester is the second largest town in Cherwell district, located 12 miles from Oxford, 21 miles from Banbury and 24 miles from Milton Keynes. It has excellent transport links via the A34 and the M40, and has rail links from its two stations to Oxford, London Marylebone, High Wycombe and Birmingham. The town is a historic market centre and has strong links to the military, with Bicester Garrison located in Ambrosden. It is one of the fastest growing areas in Oxfordshire, with large amounts of housing development in and around the town. Bicester serves a rural hinterland that includes Fringford, Caversfield, Launton and Ambrosden and Chesterton, as well as parts of rural Aylesbury Vale. This significantly rural area is bisected by the railway and M40, and includes some popular commuter villages. For the purposes of Oxfordshire County Council’s Closer to Communities strategy, the Bicester locality is made up of three electoral divisions in the Cherwell district: Bicester, Bicester South and Ploughley (Inset 2). The wards that relate to each electoral division are listed below (Inset 3). Inset 2: The Oxfordshire County Inset 3: Electoral divisions Council Bicester locality3 containing wards Electoral division Ward Bicester East Bicester North Bicester Bicester Town Bicester West Ambrosden and Bicester South Chesterton Bicester South Caversfield Ploughley Fringford Launton 3 See Annex for information about the locality and data used for the report. Oxfordshire County Council – Closer to Communities 4 Data is available at ward level, with boundaries shown in Inset 4. Inset 4: Bicester locality ward boundaries Bicester is a significant area of focus for partners, as reflected in the local priorities of Cherwell’s “Our District, Our Future” sustainable community strategy. The Town, District and County Councils and local business representatives form the Bicester Vision Partnership, which aims to engage with the people of Bicester to ensure that it continues to be a great place in which to live, work and play. There are 22 parishes in the Bicester locality. Launton published a Community Led Plan in 2005 and Chesterton is currently at the consultation stage. Oxfordshire County Council – Closer to Communities 5 3. People living in the Bicester locality The Bicester locality is currently home to around 41,500 people, with 29,900 living in Bicester itself4. The age structure varies between wards (Inset 5), with implications for service needs. Bicester North (27%) and South (23%) have high proportions of young people aged 0-15, above the Oxfordshire average (18%). Bicester South (72%) also has a particularly high proportion of people of working age (63% for Oxfordshire). Bicester Town has the highest proportion of older people (25%), above the Oxfordshire average (19%). Unlike other large towns and their hinterlands in Oxfordshire, the rural areas around Bicester do not have higher than average proportions of older people. Launton (21%) has the highest proportion of older people of the rural areas around Bicester (19% across Oxfordshire). Caversfield (26%) has the highest proportion of young people aged 0-15 of the rural parts of the locality, while Ambrosden and Chesterton (66%) has more people of working age. Inset 5: Population in 2010 by broad age band (%) Proportion Proportion Proportion Proportion of Area name 2010 total aged 0-15 of working aged 85+ retirement (%) age (%) (%) age (%) Oxfordshire 633,031 18.4 62.5 19.1 2.8 Bicester locality 41,470 20.6 65.0 14.4 1.9 Bicester town 29,875 20.4 65.6 14.0 1.8 Bicester hinterland 11,595 21.0 63.5 15.5 2.1 Bicester East 5,991 20.7 65.2 14.1 1.5 Bicester North 6,385 26.7 65.5 7.8 1.0 Bicester South 5,218 22.6 71.9 5.5 0.2 Bicester Town 4,937 11.9 62.9 25.2 5.1 Bicester West 7,345 18.8 63.3 17.9 1.5 Ambrosden & Chesterton 3,353 21.4 66.2 12.4 1.4 Caversfield 2,819 26.1 61.6 12.2 2.7 Fringford 2,279 23.2 59.9 16.9 2.4 Launton 3,143 14.2 64.9 20.9 2.0 Source: Oxfordshire County Council population forecasts, 2010 4 Unless stated otherwise, figures are based on Oxfordshire County Council ward level population forecasts for 2010 Oxfordshire County Council – Closer to Communities 6 Population pyramids (Insets 6 and 7) show that Bicester has relatively high proportions of people between the ages of 35 and 49. Rural areas have a higher proportion of males aged 20-24, likely due to the location Bicester Garrison in Ambrosden. The hinterland also has a particularly high proportion of females aged 0-9. Inset 6: Age profile for Bicester town, 2010 2010 Bicester town age profile 85+ 80-84 % Male 75-79 70-74 % Female 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 6543210123456(%) Inset 7: Age profile for Bicester hinterland, 2010 2010 Bicester hinterland age profile 85+ 80-84 % Male 75-79 70-74 % Female 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-4 6543210123456 (% ) Source: Oxfordshire County Council population forecasts, 2010. The data shown is percentages. Oxfordshire County Council – Closer to Communities 7 4. Growth and housing development Population growth and housing developments New developments are driving population and housing growth in parts of the locality. It is important to note: Recent policy changes from government may affect planned housing development and these are not reflected in the available population growth figures The population of the Bicester locality was 41,310 in 2006, and it is forecast to increase 10.1% by 2016 (Inset 8). This is above the average growth across Oxfordshire of 7.6%. The population in Bicester Town (28%) and Bicester South (21%) is expected to grow significantly between 2006 and 2016. The population in Ambrosden and Chesterton (44%) and Caversfield (40%) is also forecast to rise significantly in the ten year period to 2016. Inset 8: Population forecasts based on planned housing growth Change % Area name 2006 2010 2016 ('06-'16) Change Oxfordshire 616,824 633,031 663,615 46,791 7.6 Bicester locality 41,310 41,470 45,483 4,174 10.1 Bicester town 30,076 29,875 31,666 1,590 5.3 Bicester hinterland 11,234 11,595 13,817 2,584 23.0 Bicester East 6,104 5,991 5,791 -313 -5.1 Bicester North 6,400 6,385 6,177 -223 -3.5 Bicester South 5,220 5,218 6,325 1,105 21.2 Bicester Town 4,902 4,937 6,258 1,356 27.7 Bicester West 7,450 7,345 7,115 -335 -4.5 Ambrosden & Chesterton 3,140 3,353 4,506 1,366 43.5 Caversfield 2,834 2,819 3,967 1,132 39.9 Fringford 2,272 2,279 2,210 -62 -2.7 Launton 2,987 3,143 3,135 148 4.9 Source: Oxfordshire County Council population forecasts, 2010 House prices Bicester town has relatively low house prices compared to Oxford.
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