West Oxfordshire District Council has relaunched plans to build a care home, affordable and self-build housing in Charlbury at Rushy Bank, near the station. They have re-advertised the application for the development near the town’s railway station after its original decision to approve it was over-ruled in July.
The original application did not go ahead as case law changed between the time it was approved and the point it was actually issued. The new law stated that applications such as this in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty needed extra consideration as to the pros and cons of the development.
Local interest group, Friends of Evenlode Valley, challenged the original decision, arguing that the updated case law had not been properly applied by the time the decision was issued and the Council decided not to contest the claim. Now WODC has re-advertised the application for 25 homes comprising self/custom build, housing and affordable housing as well as a 12 bed supported living facility and has begun consulting with interested parties.
The application is set for consideration in early December and anyone who did not respond to the public consultation last time can let the Council know your views.
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