Neighbourhood Planning

Brize Norton’s vision is: To support sustainable development that meets the needs of residents now and in the future, while retaining Brize Norton’s separate identity as a rural parish adjacent to, but separate from, the town of Carterton. To protect and where possible enhance our rural environment whilst also acknowledging that RAF Brize Norton will have an ongoing influence over certain elements of our lifestyle. 

They identified the following key priorities:

• Protecting important green spaces and green corridors
• Encouraging wildlife and biodiversity
• Climate change including an increased risk of flooding
• Future housing development
• Ensuring good levels of connectivity including to the open countryside
• Traffic, road-use, and parking
• Out-commuting and a lack of opportunities for local job creation
• Protection and provision of community services and assets
• Protection of Parish character and heritage
• Protecting the rural setting and landscape of the village
• Coalescence with Carterton 

Our vision is to ensure that East Hanney remains as an attractive Lowland Vale parish where any new development reflects and enhances the sense of place. We want the strong sense of community to be maintained and thus expect community facilities to be improved, expanded, or provided anew to match the growing population.

The effects of climate change are likely to increase the probability of flooding, which is already a major concern, so our vision is for reduced risk of flooding through a variety of means including improved drainage systems.

Our population is predominantly in an older age range, the village also attracting families and people of all ages, so our vision is to provide housing, infrastructure and facilities that meet the needs of the wide range of ages and abilities, including those who are less able.

Our long history is continually being discovered as new archaeological finds are being uncovered, this includes roman coins, civil war lead shot and First World War cap badges found in 2017. Our vision is that opportunities for discovering more about our past village are encouraged and not prevented by future development. 

Milton-under-Wychwood’s plan identifies the following priorities:

Character and Heritage

• Enhance our strong sense of community spirit and local identity
• Conserve and, where possible, enhance the rural character of MuW and its surrounding countryside
• Maintain the discrete identity of the village of MuW and the adjacent hamlet of Upper Milton, each of these villages having their own distinct character within the Parish
• Maintain the separation of MuW from its neighbour Shipton-under-Wychwood.

Environment

• Conserve and enhance biodiversity and seek environmental improvements
• Conserve the high-quality and accessible countryside setting of the Parish, open landscapes and key views
• Protect important green spaces of high amenity and biodiversity value from development
• Protect local aquatic corridors from land use change.

Facilities and Infrastructure

• Protect community facilities and services from unnecessary loss and encourage proposals to sustain and improve their viability
• Nurture and support existing local services
• Convert underutilised buildings into premises for small businesses and shared workspaces.

Transport and Movement

• Promote healthier lifestyles by maximising opportunities for walking and cycling through suitable infrastructure
• Protect, improve and extend the PROW network for promotion of walking, riding and cycling (where approved) for health and general wellbeing.