THE Chief Executive of South Oxfordshire District Council has expressed doubts about the suitability of the site proposed for a new Thame cattle market.
Answering questions put to him by Thame Town Councillors last night, David Buckle, Chief Executive for SODC, said: “We are in serious dialogue with the Farmers’ Co-operative but there are still some policy issues that are unresolved and it is questionable whether it is an appropriate site for a cattle market. Therefore it is unlikely that we are going to be able to give planning permission for the alternative site.
“But there is on-going dialogue between us and them and if the proposal does get planning permission, we will be quite active in starting a dialogue in ernest and active in making it happen.”
Mr Buckle also said that there was the issue of how much money the Developer might take from the cattle market.
Developer and cattle market support, Bob Williams, whose company has submitted the plan to move the cattle market to the Thame Show site, told ThameNews.Net today: “As far as we are concerned, Planning policy and the Structure Plan for the district allows for agricultural use of this rural area. We will certainly be making representation of our case at the Planning meeting at SODC on August 11.”
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