Emergency public meeting!

A public meeting is to be held about the future of South Oxfordshire District Council’s Local Plan, following the news that the Secretary of State is considering moving planning powers away from SODC to Oxfordshire County Council.

The event will be hosted by the non-party-political campaign group, A Better South Oxfordshire, who are concerned about the change that the Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick, may authorise at the end of January.

In a press statement, A Better South Oxfordshire said: “As residents of South Oxfordshire we are very concerned. Many people seem to share our concern so we have asked our elected representatives to update us on the background to this and the possible consequences for our villages and rural life, on Saturday, January 25, at 2pm at Wheatley Park School in Holton, near Wheatley.

Anyone who would like to attend can click on this link for a free ticket https://southoxoninthedark.eventbrite.co.uk

The invited panelists include MPs John Howell, Anneliese Dodds and Layla Moran, as well as Councillors Sue Cooper (SODC), Susan Brown (Oxford City), Emily Smith (Vale) and Ian Hudspeth (Oxfordshire County). The Secretary of State, the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick has also been invited.

If you’d like to receive more updates, you can sign up at www.abettersouthoxfordshire.org.uk/volunteers

Watch this ten-minute film about the campaign so far:

www.abettersouthoxfordshire.org.uk/oxfordshire-is-under-threat