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Community Forum

25 October 2018

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village

A place to grow, a space to breathe

Welcome

Cllr Jeff Haine

Cabinet Member for Strategic Housing & Development

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Mr Giles Hughes

Head of Planning & Strategic Housing & Head of Paid Service.

Housing Shortage The rise of ‘Generation Rent’

Homes in Oxfordshire are 17 times the average income Studies report a rise in house prices of 173%

• ver 2 decades but pay for 25 -34 year olds

has only risen by 19% 1996, 93% of people with a deposit borrowing 4.5 times their salary could buy a home. 2016, only 61% of people with a deposit borrowing 4.5 times their salary could buy a home. Generation Rent (BBC online 09.10.2018)

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Planning Context Opportunity West Oxfordshire Local Plan adopted on 27 September 2018

Opportunity for a locally led well planned, designed and sustainable Garden Village.

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Climate change ride an electric scooter save the planet. UK streets to be re-engineered replacing cars with micro vehicles, battery powered bikes, electric scooters & other low carbon transport

The Sunday Times (October 7, 2018) Mail on Sunday (October 7, 2018)

Parks & Open Spaces available to communities are the Nations Natural Health service. Experts and celebrities back Mail on Sunday campaign. In the News Some recent headlines

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Thank you for your responses to our consultations so far. The Area Action Plan for the Garden Village, West Eynsham Supplementary Planning Document, Grosvenor workshop & drop in events.

As we progress with the delivery of the Garden Village we would like the Community Forum to meet regularly and to include; updates from specialist studies visits to another Garden Village Design workshops & preferred options Area Action Plan Options Thank you for your input

Community Forum Time to talk

• Open and honest discussions with communities and

partners to explore options

• Listening and responding
• Everyone can play their part in delivering an

ambitious programme of change

• Building a place that people are proud of
• Achieving real positive outcomes for people

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Evening format The beginning

1. Brief presentation of current work – Andrea Clenton (Garden Village Programme Manager) 2. Distinctiveness and visioning – table activity with facilitators 3. Activity re-cap 4. Next steps 5. Refreshments 6. Ideas Box, naming the garden village, sign-ups for site visits

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Programme Update

Andrea Clenton

Garden Village Programme Manager

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Long Marston in Stratford-upon-Avon Oxfordshire Cotswolds, West Oxfordshire Deenethorpe in Northamptonshire Culm in Devon Welborne in Hampshire West Carclaze in Cornwall Dunton Hills in Essex Spitalgate Heath in Lincolnshire Halsnead in Merseyside Longcross in Surrey Bailrigg in Lancaster Infinity Garden Village in Derbyshire St Cuthberts in Cumbria Handforth in Cheshire Buckinghamshire (Aylesbury area) Somerset (Taunton area) Essex-Hertfordshire border (Harlow and Gilston)

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Garden Villages across the UK

• Holistically planned new settlement
• Enhances the natural environment
• High-quality affordable housing &

locally accessible work in beautiful, healthy & sociable communities

• Land value capture to benefit the

community

• Strong vision, leadership & community

engagement

• Community ownership & long-term

stewardship of assets

• Genuinely affordable mixed-tenure

homes

• Wide range of local jobs in the Garden

Village within easy commuting distance

• f homes
• Beautifully & imaginatively designed

homes with gardens

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

• Healthy communities, including
• pportunities to grow food
• Provides a comprehensive green

infrastructure network & net biodiversity gains

• Use zero-carbon & energy-positive

technology to ensure climate resilience

• Strong cultural, recreational and

shopping facilities in walkable, vibrant, sociable neighbourhoods

• Integrated and accessible transport

systems, with walking, cycling and public transport as the most attractive forms of local transport

Garden Village Principles

Community Forum Programme Board Delivery T eam

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village Viable, achievable, deliverable.

Transport Infrastructure Garden Village Area Action Plan (AAP) Processing of

• utline Planning

Application & Planning Decision Infrastructure viability modelling Planning Framework Viability West Eynsham

Masterplan Impact Assessment

Outline Planning Application

Delivery T eam

A40 Park & Ride

What makes the Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village distinctive from the others? What is the vision for this Garden Village?

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Activity

• Sign up for a visit to another Garden

Village

• Ideas / naming of the Garden Village
• Feedback sheet

Thoughts on distinctiveness and vision for the West Oxfordshire Garden Village will be analysed and a summary presented at the next Forum on 6 December 2018. Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

Next Steps

6 December 2018 – updates from specialist studies Mid January 2019 – visit to another Garden Village Spring 2019 – Design workshops & preferred options Spring 2019 – Area Action Plan Options

Thank you very much for attending.

Oxfordshire Cotswolds Garden Village A place to grow, a space to breathe

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