The Chair of the Committee is Lesley McLean and the Vice-Chair Linda Ward
Development and Strategy
This committee is concerned with planning and development matters and with the Council's policies and strategic direction.
Planning Applications
Most planning applications (although there are exceptions) are made to Cherwell District Council who then have responsibility to ask all interested parties including neighbouring properties, the County Council and the Parish Council for their views on the development.
The Parish Council is, therefore, a consultee.
The issues the Parish Council are able to consider include:
- loss of privacy/impact on residential amenity overshadowing/overbearing impact highway safety, traffic and parking issues
- noise
- visual amenity/street scene
- wildlife
- historic buildings and conservation
- flooding
- design, and materials
- appearance of the development
- capacity of infrastructure – schools/public transport etc
Issues the Parish Council is NOT able to consider include:
- loss of View
- effect on property values
- private rights
- boundary disputes, and construction noise
Planning applications are considered at the next available Development and Strategy Committee meeting (see below for meeting dates) and included on the agenda; links to the appropriate section of the CDC Planning Portal are also included on the Planning Applications Section on the Website.
Kidlington Parish Council are able to engage with developers of all sizes before an application is submitted to the planning authority (CDC), particularly as local information can often help the developer form their plans. However, the Parish Council has to be very careful not to pre-determine the outcome of any discussions and has to be mindful of all who may be affected by the proposal (not just the applicant) – whether positively or negatively.
Therefore, the Council is not able to ‘support’ an application until it is submitted to the Planning Authority.
Agendas and Minutes of individual meetings can be seen by selecting a year below. Planning applications and associated documents can be viewed on the Cherwell Online Register, where you can find and comment on individual applications using the reference numbers on the agendas published below.
There is a full list of committee members further down on the page.
Please Note: These below meeting dates could be subject to change