Last night, district councillors were asked to discuss the future direction of the Vale for the next 20 years. Please do visit the Vale of White Horse District Council website here to read what it is all about. The Vale's priorities will then be fed into the Oxfordshire Community Strategy (again on the same web page).
Simply speaking, this is new government legislation which is trying to shape the places in which we live, making our communities more sustainable and giving people a chance to have their say.
Many of us will have heard these words before, but if we do want to make our towns and villages better places in which to live and work in the future, it is worth giving this a look.
Why not fill in your response, which has to be submitted by 31st December 2007? Of course, I can think of better ways of spending New Year's Eve, but there's plenty of time to do it before then.
All district councils in Oxfordshire, including the County Council, have to be signed up to deliver targets on some of the chosen top priorities, and in return will be given reward grants. One of these is affordable housing. What does this mean for us? The new Development Framework is to replace what we now call the 'Local Plan'. It is hoped that this will make local people decide for themselves about their communities.
Simply speaking, this is new government legislation which is trying to shape the places in which we live, making our communities more sustainable and giving people a chance to have their say.
Many of us will have heard these words before, but if we do want to make our towns and villages better places in which to live and work in the future, it is worth giving this a look.
Why not fill in your response, which has to be submitted by 31st December 2007? Of course, I can think of better ways of spending New Year's Eve, but there's plenty of time to do it before then.
All district councils in Oxfordshire, including the County Council, have to be signed up to deliver targets on some of the chosen top priorities, and in return will be given reward grants. One of these is affordable housing. What does this mean for us? The new Development Framework is to replace what we now call the 'Local Plan'. It is hoped that this will make local people decide for themselves about their communities.
Well, I see the challenge for us will be that whenever people say they want 'affordable housing', they usually want it to be built somewhere else. And of course, this presents a dilemma for the planners. Do send in your responses and of course, comments posted here are welcome too.
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