Decision details

To consider the Banbury Canalside draft supplementary planning document.

The Head of Planning and Affordable Housing Policy submitted a report which sought approval of the draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and Companion Document for the Canalside site in Banbury for public consultation.

Resolved

(1)               That the Draft Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) set out in the Annex to the Minutes (as set out in the Minute book) and the Companion Document (background paper to the report) be endorsed for public consultation.

(2)               That the Head of Planning & Affordable Housing Policy, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning and Housing, be delegated to make any further minor non-substantive changes as are necessary to the Draft SPD and Companion Document prior to the publication of these for public consultation.

(3)               That Officers be requested to arrange a Councillor workshop to enable Member participation at an early stage.

Reasons- The Council identified the Canalside site as part of a wider Regeneration Area in the Non Statutory Cherwell Local Plan 2011.

More recently, the Council has been working with English Partnerships, and more recently the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) to develop a vision for the comprehensive redevelopment of the Canalside area.  In order to update the evidence base for the Local Development Framework and to consider in more detail the regeneration opportunities that there may be in the canalside area, English Partnerships last year commissioned a study. This work was undertaken by consultants LDA Design.  On 6 October 2008, the Executive considered a report summarising this work and endorsed the principle of 1,200 dwellings as part of a residentially led development including the relocation of uses on the site.

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