Site: PR55 Land off Bletchingdon Road, Islip Site size (ha): 5.46
Cherwell Green Belt Study 170 April 2017 Site: PR55 Land off Bletchingdon Road, Islip Site size (ha): 5.46
Site description
Half of a large, arable field lying to the north of houses along Kidlington Road, on the northern edge of Islip. There are also several houses adjacent to the eastern edge of the site, formed by the B4027 Bletchingdon Road. The village of Islip is entirely washed-over by the Green Belt. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside
There is no separation between the site and the settlement edge along Kidlington Road and the southern end of Bletchingdon Road, but as part of a larger arable field that in turn forms part of an extensive area of relatively flat, visually open, arable farmland it also relates strongly to the wider countryside. The adjacent development has a degree of distinction from the core of Islip, which is located to the south of the railway line. Most housing on Kidlington Road and Bletchingdon Road constitutes post-war linear expansion, contrasting with the more nucleated village centre, with narrow roads and a strong vernacular character. Parcels
The site is assessed as one parcel, and is also assessed as part of parcel PR209d.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 171 April 2017 Site: PR55 Land off Bletchingdon Road, Islip Site size (ha): 5.46
Parcel: PR55 Parcel area (ha): 5.46
Looking south across the parcel from Bletchingdon Road towards the northern edge of Islip.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 172 April 2017 Site: PR55 Land off Bletchingdon Road, Islip Site size (ha): 5.46
Parcel: PR55 Parcel area (ha): 5.46 Contribution to Green Belt purposes
Purpose Comments
Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Islip, not Oxford. Therefore the parcel sprawl of Oxford plays no role with respect to this purpose.
Purpose 2: The parcel lies to the north of Islip. Development here would not reduce the gap to Preventing merger of Kidlington, the nearest settlement, and would have minimal impact on the large gap settlements between Islip and the village of Bletchingdon.
Purpose 3: The housing in the vicinity of the parcel has a more modern character than the village core, Safeguarding representing a degree of sprawl, but is not in itself a strong urbanising influence within this countryside visually open, agricultural landscape. Given the absence of any outer boundary feature to the north/west, the parcel is considered to relate more strongly to the wider countryside than the settlement. Development within the parcel would therefore represent significant encroachment into the countryside.
Purpose 4: Islip is some distance from Oxford, but the rural character of the approach to the City along Preserving Oxford's the Cherwell valley still contributes to its historic character. However the parcel is too small setting and special and too closely associated with Islip for development to be likely to represent any significant character intrusion.
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
In the event of an isolated release of Green Belt, Bletchingdon Road would form a relatively strong boundary, but there is no physical feature to define the outer edge to the north/west. The southern edge of the parcel does not represent any distinction between settlement and countryside, as there are houses to either side of Kidlington Road, so the railway line would constitute a stronger boundary, marking some difference between the village core and later expansion. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR55 Development here would represent relatively High strong encroachment on countryside, and release of this land would weaken the adjacent Green Belt land to the north, from which it has no separation. In character, form and density, the core of Islip to the south of the railway line is commensurate with its washed-over status, and the current extent of development to the north of the railway is insufficient to significantly affect this. The railway line could provide sufficient distinction for a release of land to the north only, leaving the bulk of the existing village in the Green Belt.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 173 April 2017 Site: PR55 Land off Bletchingdon Road, Islip Site size (ha): 5.46
Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site
Cherwell Green Belt Study 174 April 2017 Site: PR74 Land at no.40 and to the rear of 30-40 Woodstock Road East, Begbroke Site size (ha): 4.39
Cherwell Green Belt Study 175 April 2017 Site: PR74 Land at no.40 and to the rear of 30-40 Woodstock Road East, Begbroke Site size (ha): 4.39
Site description
A small field, bounded to the north and east by strong tree lines, abutting the inset residential edge of Begbroke to the south and west. The field contains some temporary storage structures and materials at its western end, but is mostly rough grassland with some scrub vegetation. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside
The site is distinct from arable farmland to the north and east, contained by strong boundary vegetation and abuts the inset settlement on two sides. It provides separation between the inset residential area and the detention centre and training facility to the north-east on Evenlode Crescent. Parcels
The site is assessed as one parcel of land.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 176 April 2017 Site: PR74 Land at no.40 and to the rear of 30-40 Woodstock Road East, Begbroke Site size (ha): 4.39
Parcel: PR74 Parcel area (ha): 4.39
Looking north-east from parish playing fields; the site is behind the trees to the left of the houses (on Begbroke Crescent).
Cherwell Green Belt Study 177 April 2017 Site: PR74 Land at no.40 and to the rear of 30-40 Woodstock Road East, Begbroke Site size (ha): 4.39
Parcel: PR74 Parcel area (ha): 4.39 Contribution to Green Belt purposes
Purpose Comments
Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Begbroke, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose.
Purpose 2: The parcel forms a large part of the small gap between built development at Begbroke and Preventing merger of the Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre, linking arable fields to the north and settlements east. The detention centre is washed-over by the Green Belt, so release of the parcel would not cause currently inset areas to be joined, but it lies adjacent to the consented Oxford Technology Park site which in turn abuts the urban edge at the Oxford Motor Park. In visual terms the parcel is contained, which reduces its perceived contribution to the settlement gap.
Purpose 3: The parcel has a stronger relationship with the adjacent settlement than fields around it, and Safeguarding the adjacent fields are themselves to an extent separated from the wider countryside by countryside development and the A44.
Purpose 4: The area has insufficient relationship with Oxford to be considered to contribute to its Preserving Oxford's historic setting or special character. setting and special 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 hedgerows on the outer edges of the parcel would form as strong a Green Belt boundary as the existing inset settlement edge. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR74 In isolation PR74 plays a relatively weak role Moderate high in protection of countryside, but in conjunction with open Green Belt land to the north and east it retains an undeveloped Green Belt link between open countryside to the north/west and east. The loss of openness here would weaken the Green Belt contribution of land to the east in particular, reducing justification for retaining the Green Belt status of developed land along Evenlode Crescent and consequently increasing containment of open land between the Immigration Detention Centre and Begbroke Lane.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 178 April 2017 Site: PR74 Land at no.40 and to the rear of 30-40 Woodstock Road East, Begbroke Site size (ha): 4.39
Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site
Cherwell Green Belt Study 179 April 2017 Site: PR75 Land adjacent to The Old School House, Church Lane, Yarnton Site size (ha): 2.83
Cherwell Green Belt Study 180 April 2017 Site: PR75 Land adjacent to The Old School House, Church Lane, Yarnton Site size (ha): 2.83
Site description
An irregularly shaped field situated between the main village of Yarnton and a slightly isolated, smaller part of Yarnton consisting principally of Yarnton Manor (set within a Historic Park and Garden) and church. A residential dwelling (within the Green Belt) and a minor road (Church Lane) border the site to the east, whilst a weak field boundary forms the western edge. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside
There is no significant separation between the site and the inset settlement edge to the north. Dwellings on the southern and western sides of Park Close are included within the Green Belt rather than the inset settlement, but there is nothing in the nature of those buildings to distinguish them from the rest of the inset area. The form and character of the Manor House and adjacent buildings do not represent an urbanising influence, but together with the house on Church Lane they provide a degree of containment by built development. Parcels
The site is assessed as one parcel.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 181 April 2017 Site: PR75 Land adjacent to The Old School House, Church Lane, Yarnton Site size (ha): 2.83
Parcel: PR75 Parcel area (ha): 2.83
Looking east from public footpath across the northern part of the parcel towards the settlement edge on Park Close.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 182 April 2017 Site: PR75 Land adjacent to The Old School House, Church Lane, Yarnton Site size (ha): 2.83
Parcel: PR75 Parcel area (ha): 2.83 Contribution to Green Belt purposes
Purpose Comments
Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Yarnton, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose.
Purpose 2: The parcel represents only a very small part of the gap between the inset edges of Yarnton Preventing merger of and Oxford, and the presence of the outlying Manor House and adjacent buildings weakens settlements its role further. Development within the parcel would therefore not lead to any significant perception of the gap between Yarnton and Oxford being reduced.
Purpose 3: This edge of Yarnton retains a rural character - the manor and adjacent buildings are not an Safeguarding urbanising influence - and has a relationship with the wider countryside to the west. countryside However it also has a strong association with the inset settlement edge.
Purpose 4: This field is low-lying and has no intervisibility with Oxford. Therefore development would Preserving Oxford's have no significant impact on Oxford’s setting and special character. setting and special 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
Yarnton Manor, with its Historic England listed gardens, would form a strong Green Belt boundary to the south and the road forms a moderately strong boundary to the east. The field boundary to the west is weak, but aligns with the settlement edge to the north of Cassington Road. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR75 Release of the parcel would represent a degree Moderate of encroachment on countryside. New boundaries would not represent a significant weakening of the Green Belt edge in terms of relationship with countryside to the west and south, but the lack of strong definition to the southern edge of Yarnton would represent some weakening of the contribution of adjacent land to the east of Church Lane.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 183 April 2017 Site: PR75 Land adjacent to The Old School House, Church Lane, Yarnton Site size (ha): 2.83
Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site
Cherwell Green Belt Study 184 April 2017 Site: PR91 Land South of Station Field Industrial Park, Kidlington Site size (ha): 2.39
Cherwell Green Belt Study 185 April 2017 Site: PR91 Land South of Station Field Industrial Park, Kidlington Site size (ha): 2.39
Site description
A triangle of scrubby grassland contained between the Oxford Canal, the railway line and the Langford Locks industrial estate. It adjoins the inset settlement of Kidlington to the north (the industrial estate) and across the railway line to the east (the main residential settlement area). Relationship between site, settlement and countryside
The Oxford Canal and railway line provide strong separation from both the residential settlement edge to the east and the wider countryside to the west and south. This is an isolated site that relates most strongly to the industrial estate to the north. Parcels
The site is assessed as one parcel of land.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 186 April 2017 Site: PR91 Land South of Station Field Industrial Park, Kidlington Site size (ha): 2.39
Parcel: PR91 Parcel area (ha): 2.39
Looking north-east from the railway bridge at the southern end of the parcel.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 187 April 2017 Site: PR91 Land South of Station Field Industrial Park, Kidlington Site size (ha): 2.39
Parcel: PR91 Parcel area (ha): 2.39 Contribution to Green Belt purposes
Purpose Comments
Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Kidlington, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose.
Purpose 2: The parcel relates strongly to Kidlington and plays no role in separating it from other Preventing merger of settlements. settlements
Purpose 3: The containment of this area means that it has a weak relationship with the wider Safeguarding countryside, and it is too small to represent a significant area of countryside in its own right. countryside
Purpose 4: The area has insufficient relationship with Oxford to be considered to contribute to its Preserving Oxford's historic setting or special character. The Oxford Canal is important as an approach to the setting and special City, but the parcel represents only a narrow break in the urban area that lies alongside the character canal as it passes alongside Kidlington.
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 Oxford Canal is a strong boundary feature, which represent the edge of Kidlington along all of its western side, other than where development has crossed it along Langford Lane. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR91 The parcel is too isolated for its release to Low cause more than minimal harm to Green Belt purposes, although its location gives it good potential for beneficial use.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 188 April 2017 Site: PR91 Land South of Station Field Industrial Park, Kidlington Site size (ha): 2.39
Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site
Cherwell Green Belt Study 189 April 2017 Site: PR92 Knightsbridge Farm, Yarnton Site size (ha): 5.71
Cherwell Green Belt Study 190 April 2017 Site: PR92 Knightsbridge Farm, Yarnton Site size (ha): 5.71
Site description
Small area of rough grassland bounded by trees and hedgerows, and reinforced by a small stream along the north eastern and south eastern edges of the site. A haulage and plant hire business takes up approximately 50% of the site. The A44 abuts the site to the south-west and a railway line to the west. A solar farm adjoins the site to the east. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside
The site is located at the edge of Yarnton but is separated from it by both the A44 and the railway line. The sense of separation is increased by the industrial character of the eastern end of Yarnton, which forms a buffer between the countryside and the residential edge. The hedgerow boundaries to the north of the site mark no great distinction between the land within the site and the fields to the north. Parcels
The site is assessed as one parcel.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 191 April 2017 Site: PR92 Knightsbridge Farm, Yarnton Site size (ha): 5.71
Parcel: PR92 Parcel area (ha): 5.71
Looking north from railway bridge on A44.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 192 April 2017 Site: PR92 Knightsbridge Farm, Yarnton Site size (ha): 5.71
Parcel: PR92 Parcel area (ha): 5.71 Contribution to Green Belt purposes
Purpose Comments
Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Yarnton, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose.
Purpose 2: The parcel occupies part of the small gap between Yarnton and the south western corner of Preventing merger of Kidlington, east of the railway line. Current land uses within the parcel and to the east settlements reduce the perceived openness of the gap, but the absence of permanent development (status of haulage structures? the solar farm's planning permission was limited to 25 years) means that they are not considered to weaken the gap in the long term. Release of the parcel would therefore significantly narrow the physical gap between the two settlements, contributing to a reduction in the sense of separation.
Purpose 3: The parcel's commercial use significantly reduces its countryside character, but only in its Safeguarding immediate vicinity. Open countryside surrounding the site to the east and north ensures that countryside land within the parcel retains a strong connection to the wider countryside. The adjacent solar farm, as a temporary development, is not considered to reduce openness in the long term.
Purpose 4: The parcel has an insufficient relationship with Oxford to be considered to contribute to its Preserving Oxford's historic setting or special character. setting and special 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
Despite the present use of the site, the A44 and railway line combine to form a strong edge to the Green Belt at Yarnton. The parcel's boundaries would constitute a weakening of the Green Belt. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR92 Development within the parcel would narrow Moderate high the gap between Kidlington and Yarnton and would significantly change the settlement form of Yarnton, encroaching into countryside. It would weaken the Green Belt contribution of the adjacent fields to the west.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 193 April 2017 Site: PR92 Knightsbridge Farm, Yarnton Site size (ha): 5.71
Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site
Cherwell Green Belt Study 194 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Cherwell Green Belt Study 195 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Site description
Two runways – a main north-south one crossed by a shorter east-west one – with mown grassland to the south of the latter. The airport’s functional buildings and other commercial development lie in the south-eastern corner of the site, adjacent to Langford Lane and the Oxford Spires Business Park, the latter representing the edge of the urban area. The outer parts of the site are arable farmland, with Upper Campsfield Road, which forms part of the western edge of the site, also forming the outer edge of the Oxford Green Belt. Relationship between site, settlement and countryside
The site includes large-scale commercial buildings which relate to the adjacent Oxford Spires Business Park and in turn to development to the south of Langford Lane, but tree cover plays a role in maintaining a degree of distinction between the buildings within the Green belt and those within the defined urban area. The rest of the site is a large area of land which, despite a strong relationship with the airport buildings in the south-east corner, retains openness and a significant separation from the nearest residential development within the Kidlington inset settlement. The functional relationship between the built development and open space within the parcel serves to limit the urbanising influence of those buildings. Roads provide outer boundaries for most of the site but it also abuts farmland to the north-west, at Upper Campsfield, and is surrounded by farmland beyond the roads. There is a strong visual relationship between this area and open countryside on higher ground to the east and west. Parcels
The site is assessed as two parcels of land: • PR118a, the area occupied by buildings; • PR118b, the open grassland, farmland and runways.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 196 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Parcel: PR118a Parcel area (ha): 17.53
Looking north-east from Langford Lane towards the parcel's buildings.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 197 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Parcel: PR118a Parcel area (ha): 17.53 Contribution to Green Belt purposes
Purpose Comments
Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Kidlington, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose.
Purpose 2: The parcel is located between Kidlington and Woodstock, but accounts for only a small Preventing merger of proportion of the physical gap between the two. The extent of existing development in the settlements parcel means that additional development would have a negligible impact on perception of settlement separation.
Purpose 3: Existing development within the parcel has a significant impact on openness. The form of Safeguarding development (e.g. the control tower and hangars) clearly relates it functionally to the countryside adjacent airfield, an open land use in a rural setting, which serves to limit its urbanising impact on the wider countryside, but the extent of development within the parcel nonetheless limits its contribution to this purpose.
Purpose 4: The area has insufficient relationship with Oxford to be considered to contribute to its Preserving Oxford's historic setting or special character. setting and special 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 is defined by an airfield road/taxi-way on the built development edge, but there are no natural or man- made features to strengthen separation between the parcel and the adjacent open land that comprises the rest of the site. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR118a. It is assumed that any The parcel’s only role in contributing to Green Low moderate strategic scale residential development in Belt purposes relates to the prevention of this location would be incompatible with countryside encroachment: distinction operation of the airport, and also that between the Business Park and functional PR118b would be subject to landscaping airfield-related development is significant in mitigation measures to enhance its rural preserving some contribution to safeguarding character, in the absence of the airfield. the countryside, but the extent of development in the parcel limits the strength of this role. In terms of harm to the Green Belt resulting from residential development there is a strong distinction between the current residential edge of Kidlington and the commercial development to the west of the Oxford Canal, and in particular to the north of Langford Lane , but there is strong potential for mitigation measures within PR118b – the rest of the airfield and surrounding land – to limit the longer term visual impact of any new development.
Cherwell Green Belt Study 198 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Parcel: PR118b Parcel area (ha): 187.40
Looking south from the junction of the A4260 Banbury Road and the A4095 Upper Campsfield Road
Cherwell Green Belt Study 199 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Parcel: PR118b Parcel area (ha): 187.40 Contribution to Green Belt purposes
Purpose Comments
Purpose 1: Checking Development here would relate to the expansion of Kidlington, not Oxford. Therefore the sprawl of Oxford parcel plays no role with respect to this purpose.
Purpose 2: The parcel is located between Kidlington and Woodstock, and accounts for around two-thirds Preventing merger of of the physical gap between the two. Release of the parcel would have a significant impact settlements on settlement separation between Kidlingon and Woodstock as it would redraw the outer Green Belt boundary, removing protection between the two settlements. Release of this land would also significantly reduce gaps between Kidlington and the villages of Bladon, Thrupp and Shipton on Cherwell, and between Woodstock and Oxford (between which the A44 provides a direct main road link). Isolated development along Upper Campsfield Road also adjoins the parcel edge.
Purpose 3: The parcel relates strongly to the adjacent airfield-related built development (in PR118a), Safeguarding but the functional relationship between these buildings and the airfield reduces the extent to countryside which it is perceived as encroaching on countryside, as the airfield and associated farmland are not in themselves an urbanising influence. Screening by trees means that the parcel has some sense of separation from the adjacent Oxford Spires Business Park (within the urban area) and Thames Water’s Kidlington Depot (within the Green Belt – assessed as parcel 195), and it is a large area of open land that is intervisible with rural high ground to the east and west.
Purpose 4: The area has insufficient relationship with Oxford to be considered to contribute to its Preserving Oxford's historic setting or special character. setting and special 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
Roads around the parcel form relatively strong boundaries, but field boundaries form a weaker edge in the vicinity of Upper Campsfield (in the north-western corner of the parcel) and to the north-east of Kidlington Depot. There are no significant boundary features within the parcel. Harm to Green Belt resulting from release
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR118b The parcel constitutes a sizeable area of open High countryside that forms a major element in the gap between Woodstock and Kidlington, and therefore between Woodstock and Oxford, and also preserves separation between several smaller settlements. Release of the parcel as a whole would alter the outer Green Belt boundary, leaving no Green Belt protection between Woodstock and Kidlington, and would weaken the small remaining area of Green Belt between Upper Campsfield Road and The Straight Mile, the Green Belt between the eastern edge of the parcel and the A4260, and Green Belt to the south of the junction of Langford Lane and the A44. Cherwell Green Belt Study 200 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Release of the north-western part of There would be potential for more limited Moderate high PR118b, representing expansion of release of Green Belt land as expansion of settlement at Upper Campsfield (see settlement around Upper Campsfield. This ratings map at end of site assessment). would preserve stronger separation between settlements than release of the whole parcel, but would nonetheless still diminish the settlement gap, with new edges being weaker than the current road boundaries, and would still encroach on countryside. The contribution of remaining Green Belt land between the parcel and Upper Campsfield Road (i.e. including the houses themselves) would be diminished, with a limited adjustment of the outer Green Belt edge to exclude existing and new development being a potential alternative to insetting development so close to the boundary. The release of land closer to the A44 would have a greater perceived impact on settlement separation. Release of the south-western part of There would be potential for more limited Moderate high PR118b, between Oxford Spires Business release of Green Belt land adjacent to Park and the A44 (see ratings map at end Langford Lane, in association with the release of site assessment). of PR118a. This would preserve stronger separation between settlements but would nonetheless still diminish the settlement gap between Kidlington and Woodstock, with new edges being weaker than the current road boundaries, and would still encroach on countryside. It would also weaken the Green Belt contribution of adjacent land to the south of Langford Lane (assessed as PR23).
Cherwell Green Belt Study 201 April 2017 Site: PR118 London Oxford Airport, Kidlington Site size (ha): 204.93
Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of site
Scenario Comments Rating
Release of PR118 in its entirety The parcel constitutes a sizeable area of open High countryside that forms a major element in the gap between Woodstock and Kidlington, and therefore between Woodstock and Oxford, and also preserves separation between several smaller settlements. Release of the parcel as a whole would alter the outer Green Belt boundary, leaving no Green Belt protection between Woodstock and Kidlington, and would weaken the small remaining area of Green Belt between Upper Campsfield Road and The Straight Mile, the Green Belt between the eastern edge of the parcel and the A4260, and Green Belt to the south of the junction of Langford Lane and the A44.
Harm to Green Belt resulting from partial release of site Harm to Green Belt resulting from release of whole site
Cherwell Green Belt Study 202 April 2017