Have Your Say on Future Housing Development!

The Vale of the White Horse District Council has produced a draft Interim Housing Supply Policy (IHSP) document, which can be found here. This has apparently been prepared to "enable additional housing development by relaxing some current Vale Local Plan policies".

I know that Grove residents have strong opinions on this subject after conducting many surveys on local proposals. In 2007, villagers even organised a referendum on the looming airfield development and gave it the thumbs down amidst concerns over infrastructure, flooding and the sheer scale of the proposals. Just this week, the possibility of a further 350 homes near to Williams F1 was reported in the local press (see here). Of course, this is also taking place against the background of the Government commitment to "radical" reforms to planning law (see here), which are the subject of much debate in the national press at the moment.

Anyway, there is a consultation where you can have your say on the Vale housing proposals - here is the link. The consultation closes at 4pm on Friday 25th November and responses can be emailed to planning.policy@whitehorsedc.gov.uk.