THAME residents were given the opportunity to have their say about where future housing development in the town should take place, at an exhibition on Tuesday in the council chamber.
South Oxfordshire District Council is currently preparing a Site Allocation Plan to meet the target of 700 new homes in the district by 2016, and an additional 1,250 by 2026.
As part of a consultation excercise, the exhibition, and others like it elsewhere in south oxfordshire, suggested various options that visitors to the exhibition could add red stickers to their preference.
Some of the homes could be built, it was suggested, as infil to existing sites, filling in gaps or by change of use of existing buildings, but for the remainder houses required, the main options given were:
Development option 1a
Growth of Henley,Thame and Wallingford
“All new development would be located in or adjoining Henley,Thame and Wallingford which have a wide variety of shops,employment opportunities,education and health provision,community facilities,and good public transport provision.The amount of development in each place will depend on suitable sites being available.”
Development option 1b
Growth of Henley,Thame and Wallingford with some modest growth of the larger villages.
“The larger villages include Benson, Berinsfield, Chalgrove, Chinnor, Cholsey, Crowmarsh Gifford, Goring, Horspath, Sonning Common, Watlington, Wheatley and Woodcote. The amount of development in each place will depend on suitable sites being available.
New development would be spread more widely across the district and would include the provision for growth of larger villages as well as the towns. This may help meet the needs of rural communities by providing some affordable housing in villages as
well as towns,and by helping support local shops and services.”
Anyone who was unable to get to the exhibitiion, can take part in the consultation interactively, by visiting the district council’s website. See Link
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