Have Your Say
Neighbourhood Plan public consultation. Deadline June 27, 2022
Booklets containing an informal survey are being distributed throughout the parish. The Neighbourhood Plan steering group want to know parishioners’ views on which sites would be most suitable for housing development and what you think of our draft policies. We would like the widest possible response to help us make allocations.
You can either return the completed booklet to collection boxes in Deddington church porch; the post office in the Co-op; the library (we hope); the entrance to The Duke in Clifton, or through the letterbox of The Finches, 1 Old Plough Walk, Hempton.
ALTERNATIVELY you can fill in the Survey Monkey version of the questionnaire and include the serial number from your booklet.
If you’ve lost the serial number add your name and post code instead.
Booklets containing an informal survey are being distributed throughout the parish. The Neighbourhood Plan steering group want to know parishioners’ views on which sites would be most suitable for housing development and what you think of our draft policies. We would like the widest possible response to help us make allocations.
You can either return the completed booklet to collection boxes in Deddington church porch; the post office in the Co-op; the library (we hope); the entrance to The Duke in Clifton, or through the letterbox of The Finches, 1 Old Plough Walk, Hempton.
ALTERNATIVELY you can fill in the Survey Monkey version of the questionnaire and include the serial number from your booklet.
If you’ve lost the serial number add your name and post code instead.
The Deddington Neighbourhood Plan Mark 2
The steering group of Deddington Neighbourhood Plan is currently preparing a new plan which will seek to allocate sites for new housing development. As detailed in the item below, a number of sites have been offered by landowners for consideration. These will be listed in an informal consultation soon to be carried out across the parish of Deddington through paper booklets delivered to every house and a Survey Monkey questionnaire.
Parishioners will be invited to rank the sites in order of preference. The rest of the consultation will give a brief summary of proposed policies with a request for reactions and comments.
Key elements of the Neighbourhood Plan are independent assessments carried out for us by AECOM. (AECOM is an infrastructure consulting firm employed by the government-sponsored agency, Locality.) One is a Housing Needs Assessment, which assesses the number of new dwellings likely to be required in Deddington parish up to 2040 to meet local needs and a share of the district and county’s broader needs.
The others are Strategic Environmental Assessments of the sites for potential allocation carried out by AECOM in March 2021 and March 2022. The criteria by which AECOM assess sites are based on what effect housing development is likely to have on key aspects, including landscape, historic environment, value to the community in terms of health, convenience, transportation and eco viability.
A brief summary of their findings on each of the 14 sites will be included in the consultation. Note that some of the sites originally assessed have been dropped from the list for allocation because they have already been granted planning permission.
Attached here are the AECOM reports in full:
Site Options Assessment (2021sitesSEA.pdf)
Deddington Neighbourhood Plan Options Appraisal (Deddington NP SEA_site options appraisal.pdf)
Housing Needs Assessment (Deddington HNA final.pdf)
Details of the consultation, how to return your responses and how to access Survey Monkey, will be included in the Consultation section of this site once the document has been approved by the Parish Council and launched.
Parishioners will be invited to rank the sites in order of preference. The rest of the consultation will give a brief summary of proposed policies with a request for reactions and comments.
Key elements of the Neighbourhood Plan are independent assessments carried out for us by AECOM. (AECOM is an infrastructure consulting firm employed by the government-sponsored agency, Locality.) One is a Housing Needs Assessment, which assesses the number of new dwellings likely to be required in Deddington parish up to 2040 to meet local needs and a share of the district and county’s broader needs.
The others are Strategic Environmental Assessments of the sites for potential allocation carried out by AECOM in March 2021 and March 2022. The criteria by which AECOM assess sites are based on what effect housing development is likely to have on key aspects, including landscape, historic environment, value to the community in terms of health, convenience, transportation and eco viability.
A brief summary of their findings on each of the 14 sites will be included in the consultation. Note that some of the sites originally assessed have been dropped from the list for allocation because they have already been granted planning permission.
Attached here are the AECOM reports in full:
Site Options Assessment (2021sitesSEA.pdf)
Deddington Neighbourhood Plan Options Appraisal (Deddington NP SEA_site options appraisal.pdf)
Housing Needs Assessment (Deddington HNA final.pdf)
Details of the consultation, how to return your responses and how to access Survey Monkey, will be included in the Consultation section of this site once the document has been approved by the Parish Council and launched.
Public Consultation June 2022
These are the policy maps which go with the consultation. See the policies they illustrate in the booklet delivered to your door or on the Survey Monkey version here
DEDD 1:
The first maps concern proposed settlement boundaries for Deddington village, Clifton and Hempton.
DEDD 1:
The first maps concern proposed settlement boundaries for Deddington village, Clifton and Hempton.
DEDD 8:
Next are valued landscapes and key views
Next are valued landscapes and key views
DEDD 16:
The Neighbourhood Plan proposes to define the Market Place and some surrounding streets, which include numerous commercial premises, as a “village centre” to recognise their importance at the heart of the community
The Neighbourhood Plan proposes to define the Market Place and some surrounding streets, which include numerous commercial premises, as a “village centre” to recognise their importance at the heart of the community
Cherwell Local Plan Review 2040 and potential development sites
Cherwell District Council (CDC) is in the process of reviewing the current Local Plan 2011-2031 with a view to replacing it with an updated Local Plan. The Council is currently consulting on the policy options for the new plan. The deadline for comments is 10th November.
The CDC consultation paper does not indicate any district or parish housing targets since these will be a function of the targets to be set under the higher level Oxfordshire Plan 2050 (OP2050). As discussed in the September Deddington News (page 8), OP2050 is currently considering three housing growth scenarios, all higher than under current local plans and one 'transformational'.
In response to a Call for Sites by CDC, the following 13 potential development sites have been put forward:
Deddington (8)
009 Land east of Oxford Road, S. of Deddington, 4.4 acres
016 The Poplars, Clifton Road, Deddington, 6.2 acres
054 Home Farm Works, Clifton Road, Deddington, 5.5 acres
054 Land opposite, south of Clifton Road, Deddington, 9.6 acres
056 Land W. of Banbury Road, N. of Deddington Grange, 39 acres
074 Land E. of Banbury Road, and N. of Fire Station, 12 acres
148 Land north of Wimborn Close, Deddington, 4.7 acres
148 Grove Fields, Deddington, 20.75 acres
Hempton (3)
065 Land south of Hempton Road, Hempton, 10.8 acres
148 Radwell Hill, Duns Tew Road, Hempton, 5.5 acres
148 Land south of The Lane, Hempton, 1.2 acres
Clifton (2)
104 Land at Manor Barn, Chapel Close, Clifton, 5 acres
148 Home Farm, Clifton, 4.7 acres
Please note that in the CDC Deddington parish profile, the list of sites submitted and the corresponding plan are defective as they omit to show 4 of the 13 sites.
The Neighbourhood Plan team has also made a Call for Sites. There are 3 sites which were not also submitted to CDC:
Chapman's Lane/St Thomas Street, Deddington, 2.5 acres
Chapman's Lane, Deddington, 2.5 acres
Behind Duke of Cumberland's Head, Clifton, 2.8 acres
Sites with a gross area totalling 137 acres have therefore been put forward. This would accommodate up to 1,660 dwellings at CDC's target housing density of 30 dwellings per hectare (12 dwellings per acre), although net developable areas will be less and lower densities have been accepted in Deddington. CDC has not assessed any of the sites put forward at this stage.
A composite plan of the sites submitted under the two Calls for Sites is below:
updated March 2022
By signing up to the Oxfordshire 'Housing and Growth Deal' with the Government, the district council has signalled that it is pro development.
Previous Cherwell Local Plans have focused housing development on Banbury and Bicester, and to a lesser extent Kidlington, with a more restrained approach towards the rural areas. There is no assurance that the latter policy will be maintained.
The CDC consultation paper contains 34 Options and 29 Questions, covering a wide range of topics from affordable housing to infrastructure. The following are of particular concern from a Deddington perspective.
(1) Option 30 (Housing in the rural areas) asks whether (i) development should be limited to meeting local needs or (ii) more development should be directed to rural areas to meet wider district needs.
Imposing wider district needs on the rural areas, rather than meeting truly local needs, would be the ruination of some villages. Instead of delivering sustainable development, villages would be placed at risk of over-development, harm to local character and landscape, pressure on infrastructure, and more road congestion and pollution from additional commuting.
(2) Option 31 (Meeting rural housing development needs) asks whether (i) CDC should work with local communities to allocate specific sites to meet identified housing needs, or (ii) provide a parish level figure and allow sites to be allocated through Neighbourhood Plans or (iii) a combination of both.
It is Government policy to encourage (ii), since it makes sense to take advantage of local knowledge. In a Deddington context, the Neighbourhood Plan team is currently looking into local housing needs and suitable potential sites.
(3) Under Section 6.6.10, the question is posed whether CDC should define settlement boundaries, beyond which development would not normally be permitted?
This would help to ensure that development takes place in the most sustainable locations in terms of accessibility and infrastructure. Defined settlement boundaries provide greater certainty, and many other local authorities have adopted such a policy.
(4) Option 32 (Developing a Rural Settlement Hierarchy) asks whether (i) certain services and facilities should be given additional weight and (ii) accessibility of urban centres by public transport, walking and cycling should be given additional weight.
Weighting formulae per option (i) risk being arbitrary. The parish has poor transport sustainability credentials in terms of distance from urban centres, and hence contribution to congestion and pollution. There may be a bus service (not serving Hempton or Clifton), but for a variety of reasons it is little used.
Copies of the 'options' consultation paper and background documents may be downloaded at:
https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/planningpolicyconsultation
Details of sites submitted in response to CDC's Call for Sites (see Representations LPR-A-001 to LPR-A-150) may be found under:
https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/33/planning-policy/851/local-plan-review---representations-to-the-issues-paper-consultation
If you wish to comment on this consultation, please make your views known to CDC by:
- completing the online Feedback Form (registration required) at https://letstalk.cherwell.gov.uk/cherwell-local-plan-review ; or
- emailing planningpolicyconsultation@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
The deadline is Wednesday 10th November.
Previous Cherwell Local Plans have focused housing development on Banbury and Bicester, and to a lesser extent Kidlington, with a more restrained approach towards the rural areas. There is no assurance that the latter policy will be maintained.
The CDC consultation paper contains 34 Options and 29 Questions, covering a wide range of topics from affordable housing to infrastructure. The following are of particular concern from a Deddington perspective.
(1) Option 30 (Housing in the rural areas) asks whether (i) development should be limited to meeting local needs or (ii) more development should be directed to rural areas to meet wider district needs.
Imposing wider district needs on the rural areas, rather than meeting truly local needs, would be the ruination of some villages. Instead of delivering sustainable development, villages would be placed at risk of over-development, harm to local character and landscape, pressure on infrastructure, and more road congestion and pollution from additional commuting.
(2) Option 31 (Meeting rural housing development needs) asks whether (i) CDC should work with local communities to allocate specific sites to meet identified housing needs, or (ii) provide a parish level figure and allow sites to be allocated through Neighbourhood Plans or (iii) a combination of both.
It is Government policy to encourage (ii), since it makes sense to take advantage of local knowledge. In a Deddington context, the Neighbourhood Plan team is currently looking into local housing needs and suitable potential sites.
(3) Under Section 6.6.10, the question is posed whether CDC should define settlement boundaries, beyond which development would not normally be permitted?
This would help to ensure that development takes place in the most sustainable locations in terms of accessibility and infrastructure. Defined settlement boundaries provide greater certainty, and many other local authorities have adopted such a policy.
(4) Option 32 (Developing a Rural Settlement Hierarchy) asks whether (i) certain services and facilities should be given additional weight and (ii) accessibility of urban centres by public transport, walking and cycling should be given additional weight.
Weighting formulae per option (i) risk being arbitrary. The parish has poor transport sustainability credentials in terms of distance from urban centres, and hence contribution to congestion and pollution. There may be a bus service (not serving Hempton or Clifton), but for a variety of reasons it is little used.
Copies of the 'options' consultation paper and background documents may be downloaded at:
https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/planningpolicyconsultation
Details of sites submitted in response to CDC's Call for Sites (see Representations LPR-A-001 to LPR-A-150) may be found under:
https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/33/planning-policy/851/local-plan-review---representations-to-the-issues-paper-consultation
If you wish to comment on this consultation, please make your views known to CDC by:
- completing the online Feedback Form (registration required) at https://letstalk.cherwell.gov.uk/cherwell-local-plan-review ; or
- emailing planningpolicyconsultation@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
The deadline is Wednesday 10th November.
Public Consultation 1st October - 19th November 2017
A key moment when the draft Deddington Neighbourhood Plan reached the stage where residents and stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on the Plan and suggest possible improvements. The Consultation ran for seven weeks.
The policies were entirely grounded in the responses received from parishioners – in three parish-wide questionnaires and a series of drop-in sessions – and from extensive exchanges with stakeholders, local groups, businesses and land owners.
Any suggestions made were taken into account and, where appropriate, changes made.
Next step is for the Plan to be forwarded to Cherwell District Council, who will conduct a separate consultation in November 2018.
Following this, the Plan is submitted to an independent examiner, who will identify any modifications necessary to comply with statutory requirements. The resultant Plan will then be put to a Parish referendum.
The policies were entirely grounded in the responses received from parishioners – in three parish-wide questionnaires and a series of drop-in sessions – and from extensive exchanges with stakeholders, local groups, businesses and land owners.
Any suggestions made were taken into account and, where appropriate, changes made.
Next step is for the Plan to be forwarded to Cherwell District Council, who will conduct a separate consultation in November 2018.
Following this, the Plan is submitted to an independent examiner, who will identify any modifications necessary to comply with statutory requirements. The resultant Plan will then be put to a Parish referendum.
Deddington Parish Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Process Timeline
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November 2015 - 3rd Drop-In - Emerging Policies
A third Drop-In event was held in the village on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st November 2015. This was the opportunity for the community to view and have their say on draft policies created as a result of previous consultation activities and input by the various Working Groups.
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As there was no possibility that Deddington's pre-submission Neighbourhood Plan would be completed in time to be taken into consideration by CDC in forming its Local Plan Part 2 the Steering Group agreed that a Strategic Guidance Document would be sent to CDC that would contain the key findings of the Parish Survey (2014) and the Steering Group's Emerging Policies (concerning numbers of homes and, in general terms, location) in the expectation that CDC would use them as evidence in preparing their Local Plan Part 2.
All the clauses in the Strategic Guidance document were based either directly on the findings of the survey or on principles laid down in CDC's Local Plan part 1 or the National Planning Policy Framework or both.
The Parish Council endorsed this document it was submitted to Cherwell District Council.
All the clauses in the Strategic Guidance document were based either directly on the findings of the survey or on principles laid down in CDC's Local Plan part 1 or the National Planning Policy Framework or both.
The Parish Council endorsed this document it was submitted to Cherwell District Council.
April 2015 - Second Drop-In - Goals and Objectives
Around 150 people attended the second round of drop-in sessions at Deddington church.
It was a chance for parishioners to comment on the goals and objectives identified so far by the Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group. The results were encouraging, echoing the findings of the questionnaire and broadly supporting the direction the Steering Group is heading towards in forming a Neighbourhood Plan. Plus, there were a few new ideas to take into account. |
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October 2014 - Parish Survey - Adult and Youth Questionnaires
A Neighbourhood Plan Questionnaire was launched in autumn 2014. The survey could be answered online or on paper.
Around 1,553 adult questionnaires were sent out and 914 people responded – a 60% response rate. The youth questionnaire went out to 150 parishioners aged 11 to 17 and 73 responded – just over 47%. The results can be accessed below. The Neighbourhood Plan steering group analysed the results and freehand comments (more than 5,000) to look at what the Parish wanted and translate that into goals and objectives for the Parish plan. |
November 2013 - First Drop-In to Identify Issues
In November 2013, the Parish were invited to have their say about the future of Deddington, Clifton and Hempton over the years to come at one of three drop-in sessions held at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Deddington on Thursday Nov 21st 1pm-7pm, Friday Nov 22nd 3pm-9pm and
Saturday Nov 23rd 9am-1pm The Saturday session, during Farmer's Market day, was attended by Sir Tony Baldry MP. |
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August 2013 - Launch of Neighbourhood Plan Process
The Parish Council decided to take advantage of the government's policy of encouraging 'Localism' by the preparation of a Neighbourhood Plan for Deddington, Clifton and Hempton.
The Neighbourhood Planning Consultations were announced in August 2013, giving the residents of Deddington Parish the opportunity to influence the future of their community. |
Deddington News: Keeping the Community in Touch
Since the launch of the Deddington Neighbourhood Plan, the Steering Group has kept community informed of progress and milestones in the consultation process by articles in the Deddington News, a free newsletter delivered monthly to the whole Parish.
