Land Allocations DPD Preferred Options – Autumn / Winter 2012
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OXFORD LOCAL PLAN 2036 PREFERRED OPTIONS STAGE
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OXFORD LOCAL PLAN 2036PREFERRED OPTIONS STAGE
30th June 30th – 25th August 2017
www.oxford.gov.uk/localplan
Local Plan consultation
Consultation Stages
Later Stages
The preferred options document
It is a consultation document
It sets out the approach we think we should take on various issues
It also shows alternative and rejected approaches
People have the chance to say whether or not they agree with our proposed approaches
It includes an overarching vision and strategy, preferred options for future development management policies and potential sites for allocation
Please comment- as groups and individuals
Consultation methods
Leaflet and short questionnaire-
delivery to all households in Oxford,
distribution to leisure/community centres.
Copies are available for distribution around community groups etc
Online comment form linked to the
main document or freeform
letter/email
Consultation methods
Exhibition and maps at events, with opportunity to comment on post-it notes
Pop-up shop 10th-14th 11am-2pm
Chat to officers
Through social media
Publicity
Facebook and Twitter
Media stories
Posters to community notice boards
Bus adverts
Door-to-door delivery of leaflet
Direct mail-out to all those on our database (includes those who responded last year)
Events
Please help spread the word!
The vision
Oxford in 2036 is…
• Healthy homes, quality living standards
• Access to excellent healthcare• High participation in sport and
recreation• Provision of healthy travel choices• Significant improvements in air quality
• Reduced inequalities• Range of housing types and sizes• Employer housing• Easy access to wide range of
facilities and services • Diverse and cohesive community• Sense of civic pride
Oxford in 2036 is…
• Exemplar for low carbon development• Reduced private car travel • Good network of safe and accessible cycling
and walking routes• Zero emission mass transport system
• Enhanced historic environment, townscape and landscape character
• Access to high quality green spaces, cultural and community facilities
• Continues to attract many visitors, who stay longer and spend more
• Conflicts between different users in city centre are reduced
Oxford in 2036 is…
• Key contributor to national economy• A global centre for research, education and
healthcare• Home to high tech companies, start-ups and
spins-offs• Diverse employment opportunities
• Well educated workforce• Businesses and institutions can access skills
needed• Local people able to fill jobs created• Training and apprenticeship opportunities
A pleasant place to live, delivering new housing
Objectives
To deliver as much housing as possible while balancing other important needs of the city’s residents and businesses
To deliver affordable housing that meets needs
To plan for an appropriate mix of housing sizes, types and tenures
To ensure new homes are adaptable
Summary of key preferred options
Prioritise the delivery of social rented affordable housing (ie rented from the City Council or a housing association). Require on-site delivery of units for developments of 10 or
more units.
Require contributions from developments of 2-9 units
On some sites, allow employers (such as hospitals and universities) to build affordable homes for their staff, not those on the Council’s housing waiting list available for a cross-section of the workforce
affordable in perpetuity
Summary of key preferred options
Balance of Dwellings (BoDs) – requiring a specific mix of dwellings sizes, ensuring family dwellings on sites of 25+ units (not below)
Allow new purpose-built HMOs (with the same restrictions on concentrations)
Limit new student accommodation to existing and allocated sites, and city and district centres
‘reset’ target for students living outside of University provided accommodation Differ for each university Base on existing situation and reduce over Plan period Apply to Full-time taught degree course students only
Sites
Approach
Continue to use Area Action Plans for sites in those areas
Sources of sites- map survey, all green sites, planning interest, call for sites, already allocated, Growth Board
Criteria for rejecting
Criteria for deciding on appropriate use (based on strategy)
30th June 30th – 25th August 2017
www.oxford.gov.uk/localplan
Thank you
