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Richard Asser Autumn 2017 OXFORDSHIRE www.cpreoxon.org.uk VOICE Oxford to Cambridge Oxford Green Belt New housing targets Expressway Core Principles undermined for Oxfordshire? A trail of devastation by Cherwell District Council CPRE’s initial thoughts OXFORDSHIRE Chairman’s voice VOICE In the face of these could destroy much of the Green the daunting Belt in southern Oxfordshire – if a Autumn 2017 challenges southern route for the Expressway is Features facing CPRE and decided upon, see p. 4 – producing an 2 Chairman’s Voice its Oxfordshire agglomeration of urban development Branch, it is with the size of two Oxfords – no less – and 3 CPRE fundraising lunch determination to steadily creeping towards the City. with Emma Bridgewater engage fully in 4 Oxford to Cambridge confronting the complex web of issues What can we do to increase the impact Expressway before us that I take up my new post. of our work? We need professional 5 Oxfordshire Local Plan My experience as Chairman of the advisers to push home our message in Round-Up Vale District Committee and member the strongest terms, in particular in the 6-7 Green Belt principles of the Branch Executive Committee areas of planning, communications, undermined has made plain to me how fortunate transport and other infrastructure I am to be working with a wholly concerns. As always, we need volunteers 8 New methodology for committed phalanx of volunteers with time to organise local campaigns calculating housing targets across the County. I single out my to combat unreasonable threats to our 9 Oxfordshire Infrastructure predecessor, Brian Wood, whose long- countryside and way of life. We are Strategy term involvement with, and enormous appealing to anyone who can help. Of 10 Farming Column knowledge of, CPRE matters have course we also need funds to strengthen already proved invaluable and am the Director’s team and to enable us 11 Footpaths Column grateful to Vice-Presidents and former to deal with particular demands in the 12 CPRE Members’ Events Chairmen, Bruce Tremayne and Gill shorter term. With your support, we can DIRECTORY Salway, whose balanced understanding make great strides: please help. Views expressed in the Voice are not necessarily of what the Branch requires has pointed those of CPRE Oxfordshire, which welcomes the way. In taking up the new post, what independent comment. are my aims? As Chairman of the Editor: Helena Whall Cover: Ham House and Garden, Bampton. Photo: I want to make special mention of our Branch, my aim is to crystallise Helen Marshall Director, Helen Marshall, who has been decision-making to push forward Articles, letters, comments and suggestions for central to all our activities since her our campaigning ideals. What else? articles are welcome. Please contact the Branch appointment and who has represented I would want to strengthen our hand Office below. Published November 2017 us so well on TV, on radio and with the with CPRE National Office so that the District Chairmen press. She has valiantly fought on our problems Oxfordshire faces are fully CPRE Oxfordshire Branch behalf with Planning Inspectors at all understood and reflected through Peter Collins 01235 763081 [email protected] District ‘Examinations in Public’ of the its policies and actions. This is likely Cherwell North: Chris Hone 01295 265379 various draft Local Plans. The regard in to involve closer links with other Cherwell South: John Broad (acting Chair) which we are now held by local MPs, Branches to make common cause. 01869 324008 [email protected] authorities and the media is in no small I intend to pursue this beyond the Oxford: Rosemary Harris measure due to her contribution and bounds of CPRE and Government, [email protected] that of her team. in particular through organisations South Oxfordshire: Professor Richard Harding which share our aims, such as Europa 01491 836425 [email protected] Our challenge now is to redouble our Nostra, the leading European non- Vale of White Horse: Vacant David Marsh (Secretary) efforts in respect of the unrelenting governmental heritage organisation [email protected] attacks on the Green Belt and Areas of which I am currently national West Oxfordshire: Justine Garbutt of Outstanding Natural Beauty – Chairman. To do this, I would like to (acting Chair) [email protected] and indeed green fields all over the engage with Oxfordshire members in BRANCH OFFICE County. New levels of Government order to represent their thoughts and CPRE Oxfordshire, First Floor, 20 High Street, intervention, often from behind closed views. I hope that all our members Watlington, Oxfordshire OX49 5PY (Registered office) doors, are likely soon to be augmented throughout the County will feel they T: 01491 612079 by damaging changes in regulation. can bring their particular ideas, E: [email protected] Can we prevent the imposition of yet concerns – and even praise for www.cpreoxon.org.uk more houses in the wrong places, not something done particularly well – to Follow us on Twitter @CPREOxfordshire meeting the needs of local residents? my notice. I want to hear from you! and like us on Must we accept the proposal for www.facebook.com/CPREOxfordshire 1,000,000 (one million!) new houses Peter Collins, CPRE Oxfordshire is registered in England as to be built on green fields between Chairman Charity No.1093081 and Company No. 4443278. Oxford and Cambridge? 100,000 of [email protected] 2 CPRE Oxfordshire voice Autumn 2017 CPRE Vale District Ham Court – a rural Committee seeks new Chair regeneration project! An enormous thanks to Emma Bridgewater, pottery designer, Do you live in the Vale of White Horse businesswoman and national CPRE President, who threw open her and have an interest in the local gardens to CPRE Oxfordshire members at a delightful fundraising lunch landscape and/or planning issues? in September. If you could spare a few hours a month to lead our local Committee, then we would love to hear from you! Our CPRE Vale of White Horse District Committee has a small but dedicated team of volunteers who monitor and respond to planning and landscape issues across the area, and provide advice and support to local communities. But we are looking for a new Chair to provide leadership to the Committee! This is a volunteer role. The Committee meets on a quarterly basis. Time between meetings is up to you but we would ask for a minimum of a few hours per month. You don’t need any previous experience or expertise because we can provide explaining how they had taken on information and training as required, the regeneration of Ham Court in but you must be passionate about Bampton and their exciting plans environmental issues, care about your for the future. It is clearly a massive local countryside and want to make a undertaking, involving extensive difference. renovations to the property and the creation of a wonderful garden, but With your help we can do even more to what really came through was the protect the countryside and increase sense of a whole community being our influence on key decisions re-established. affecting land use in the district. To find out more please contact: Many thanks to all those that E: [email protected] attended. We are currently working T: 01491 612079 on our programme of members’ events for next year – if you have any thoughts on places we should Brian Wood visit or activities you would like us to stood down as organise, we’d love to hear from you! Chairman of E: [email protected] the Branch at The event raised around £2,500 T: 01491 612079 the July AGM. with the funds going towards CPRE All the staff Oxfordshire’s work seeking to influence and volunteers Local Plans, with a view to guiding TAKE ACTION extend their development appropriately in the Could you support CPRE huge thanks to Brian for his tireless countryside. Oxfordshire’s vital Local Plan work hard work during his time as by making a donation? Chairman. Brian will continue to be Emma, and Matthew Rice (above) www.justgiving.com/cpreoxon the Treasurer for the Branch. were very generous with their time, Join the debate. Join the campaign. Join CPRE 3 Oxford to Cambridge Expressway and its trail of devastation OXFORD TO CAMBRIDGE EXPRESSWAY POTENTIAL ROUTES What does seem to be clear though, from what straws in the wind there are, is that the most likely routes are either 11 BANBURY A43 an upgrading of the A34/A421 North of Oxford or a ten-mile August 2017 CAMBRIDGE A422 www.cpreoxon.org.uk M1 BRACKLEY route through the Green Belt South of Oxford from Abingdon A43 BEDFORD M40 BUCKINGHAM to Thame and on to Aylesbury and Cambridge (which is MILTON BUCKINGHAM KEYNES A421 A421 actually the shortest route, and probably of the two the LEIGHTON M11 BICESTER BUZZARD C M1 likelier route). See the map produced by CPRE Oxfordshire. KIDLINGTON AYLESBURY A4421 OXFORD THAME 10 ABINGDON M25 WANTAGE M11 M25 DIDCOT CPRE Oxfordshire is unconvinced of the need for, and is OXFORD M40 GREEN BELT LONDON BICESTER B opposed to, an Expressway/Growth Corridor through the “Oxford/Cambridge Arc”. If extra capacity should be required, 9 AMBROSEDEN A44 A41 the East-West Rail project, which CPRE supports, should UPPER ARNCOTT clearly take priority. KIDLINGTON S2 WITNEY BECKLEY M40 Meanwhile, our local authorities are also keeping very quiet. A40 A418 For example, several draft Local Plans have come forward OXFORD A GREEN BELT WHEATLEY during this period but none make more than a passing S1 8 mention of the Expressway, despite the fact that this would CUMNOR S3 7 THAME potentially be the most significant development to hit the GARSINGTON LITTLE MILTON CHINNOR County over the next 10 years.
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