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Site: PR167 Land Adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site Size (Ha): 7.69 Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Cherwell Green Belt Study 230 April 2017 Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Site description The site consists of the car parking area immediately adjacent to the railway station, and an arable field to the east along with railway-associated infrastructure at its northern edge (a road, weighbridge and walling). The Park and Ride to the south is outside of the site. The railway line, and parallel to it the A34, form the site’s northern boundary. Oxford Parkway and the Park and Ride retain Green Belt status, so the site does not abut any defined urban edge. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside The site in isolation constitutes a relatively small but central part of the ‘Kidlington Gap’ area of Green Belt, separating Oxford and Kidlington. The Green Belt in this area is dominated by, and fragmented by, transport infrastructure: major connecting roads combine with the development at Water Eaton to reduce the perceived countryside gap between Oxford and Kidlington. The parking area within the site clearly forms part of this infrastructure. The farmland to the east is topographically, visually and in land-use terms part of the Cherwell valley, but distance from the river and the influence of adjacent development reduce its association with the valley ‘core’, a landscape which remains open all the way into the heart of Oxford. Parcels Two separate parcels are identified within this site: the arable field is assessed as PR167a and the areas to the north and west that have already been subject to infrastructure development are assessed as PR167b. It should be noted that PR167a also forms the western part of parcel PR50c. Cherwell Green Belt Study 231 April 2017 Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Parcel: PR167a Parcel area (ha): 3.93 Looking north-east across car park (PR167b) to fields beyond. Cherwell Green Belt Study 232 April 2017 Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Parcel: PR167a Parcel area (ha): 3.93 Contribution to Green Belt purposes Purpose Comments Purpose 1: Checking Considered in association with potential expansion out from Oxford Parkway and the Park sprawl of Oxford and Ride the parcel has a degree of separation from the urban edge of Oxford at Cutteslowe, although it is close enough to the city to make some contribution to preventing sprawl. Expansion out from Oxford would constitute significant sprawl. Purpose 2: Development associated with expansion out from Oxford or Kidlington would have a Preventing merger of significant impact on the settlement gap. Considered in association with potential expansion settlements out from Oxford Parkway and the Park and Ride, the parcel forms a relatively small proportion of the Oxford-Kidlington gap, but it is close enough to Kidlington to compromise the Green Belt role of land to the north of the A34. Purpose 3: The parcel is influenced by adjacent development, but forms part of a broad valley with Safeguarding consistent land use and field patterns. Any development here would impinge on countryside. countryside Purpose 4: The Cherwell valley is an important element in Oxford’s historic setting, but the parcel is not Preserving Oxford's close enough to the river to make a strong contribution, and is compromised by proximity to setting and special Oxford Parkway and the Park and Ride. character Purpose 5: Assisting All parcels are considered to make an equal contribution to this purpose. urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land Potential alternative Green Belt boundary The parcel does not adjoin any defined urban edge. The eastern edge of the parcel is a hedgerow, which does not constitute a strong boundary feature. The railway line and A34 create physical separation from Kidlington, but development in this parcel would nonetheless weaken the gap between Kidlington and Oxford. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release Scenario Comments Rating Release of PR167a as part of an expansion Proximity to major roads, rail, lighting, pylons, High out from either Oxford or Kidlington car parking and the station building limit the countryside character of the settlement gap in this area, but the parcel still relates strongly to the wider Cherwell valley countryside. Expansion of either settlement would mean a significant impact on the settlement gap. Any release of land here would significantly weaken the contribution of the adjacent Oxford Parkway and Park and Ride sites as Green Belt land, with the railway/A34 and A4165 being more logical boundaries. Release of PR167a in isolation Release of PR167a would weaken the Moderate high justification for retaining the Green Belt status of the adjacent Oxford Parkway and the Water Eaton Park and Ride. Any additional development would harm the fragile gap between Oxford and Kidlington, although not to the same extent as the complete loss of openness between the parcel and either Oxford or Kidlington. Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Parcel: PR167b Parcel area (ha): 3.76 Looking north-east across railway station car park. Cherwell Green Belt Study 234 April 2017 Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Parcel: PR167b Parcel area (ha): 3.76 Contribution to Green Belt purposes Purpose Comments Purpose 1: Checking Considered in association with potential expansion out from Oxford Parkway the parcel has a sprawl of Oxford degree of separation from the urban edge of Oxford at Cutteslowe, although it is close enough to the city to make some contribution to preventing sprawl. Purpose 2: Development associated with expansion out from Oxford or Kidlington would have a Preventing merger of significant impact on the settlement gap. Considered in association with potential expansion settlements out from Oxford Parkway, the parcel forms a relatively small proportion of the Oxford- Kidlington gap, but it is close enough to Kidlington to compromise the Green Belt role of land to the north of the A34 as well as the Green Belt status of the railway station and park and ride. Purpose 3: The developed nature of the parcel means that it lacks countryside characteristics, but it still Safeguarding retains visual openness, the absence of buildings limiting impact on the adjacent farmland. countryside Purpose 4: The Cherwell valley is an important element in Oxford’s historic setting, but the parcel is not Preserving Oxford's close enough to the river to make a strong contribution. Its contribution is also weakened by setting and special its developed character and by proximity to Oxford Parkway. character Purpose 5: Assisting All parcels are considered to make an equal contribution to this purpose. urban regeneration by encouraging the recycling of derelict and other urban land Potential alternative Green Belt boundary The parcel does not adjoin any defined urban edge. Any release of land here associated with the adjacent Oxford Parkway and Park and Ride would significantly weaken the contribution of those sites as Green Belt land, with the railway/A34 and A4165 being more logical boundaries. Planting along the eastern edge of the parcel already marks a distinction between farmland and development, so this would make a logical boundary to any Green Belt release. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release Scenario Comments Rating Release of 167b in association with Proximity to major roads, rail, lighting, pylons, High expansion of Oxford or Kidlington car parking and the station building limit the countryside character of the settlement gap in this area, but the parcel still relates strongly to the wider Cherwell valley countryside. Expansion of either settlement would mean a significant impact on the settlement gap. Any release of land here associated with the adjacent Oxford Parkway and Park and Ride would significantly weaken the contribution of those sites as Green Belt land, with the railway/A34 and A4165 being more logical boundaries. Cherwell Green Belt Study 235 April 2017 Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Release of PR167b in isolation Although to an extent developed PR167a Moderate high retains visual openness. Its release would weaken the justification for retaining the Green Belt status of the adjacent Oxford Parkway and the Water Eaton Park and Ride. Any additional built development, decreasing openness, would harm the fragile gap between Oxford and Kidlington, although not to the same extent as the complete loss of openness between the parcel and either Oxford or Kidlington. Cherwell Green Belt Study 236 April 2017 Site: PR167 Land adjacent to Oxford Parkway, Banbury Road, Kidlington Site size (ha): 7.69 Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of site Scenario Comments Rating Release of PR167 in its entirety The parcel is strongly influenced by built High development but nonetheless relates strongly to the wider countryside, and lies at a sensitive location where any additional development would further weaken an already fragile settlement gap. Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site Cherwell Green Belt Study 237 April 2017 Site: PR168 Loop Farm, Wolvercote Site size (ha): 3.31 Cherwell Green Belt Study 238 April 2017 Site: PR168 Loop Farm, Wolvercote Site size (ha): 3.31 Site description Two pasture fields contained between the Oxford Canal to the west, the A44 to the east and a belt of trees (marking the course of a former railway line) to the south. There is a residential dwelling in the south-eastern corner of the site, alongside the access road to Loop Farm which follows the tree line along the southern edge of the site.
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