Sites and Housing Preferred Options Consultation (June/July 2011)

During November and December 2010 we held Pre-Options consultation events asking for your initial views on what you thought should be developed on specific sites and your ideas on key housing issues. The events were well attended and we received many comments.

We considered what you said and produced our Preferred Options, in other words our favoured approaches, for each site and for each housing issue.

Consultation took place for six weeks during June and July 2011. We have a prepared a Consultation report which summarises what we did, feedback on the events and comments received on the sites and housing issues:

 Preferred Options Consultation Report (1.2kB PDF)

The Preferred Options documents can be viewed below:

Preferred Options - Introduction (1MB PDF)
Preferred Options - Part A (Housing Policies) (743kB PDF) - This contains the options for housing policies such as affordable housing, student accommodation and Houses in Multiple Occupation.
Preferred Options - Part B (Sites) (6.1MB PDF) - This contains the options for each of the sites being considered, including maps.
Preferred Options - Appendices (906kB PDF)
Sustainability Appraisal - Housing (447kB PDF)
Sustainability Appraisal - Sites (4.7MB PDF)

Background Papers

We have also produced a number of Background Papers to the Preferred Options document to help explain some of the issues further:

Background Paper 1: Creating the initial database of sites (161kB PDF)
Background Paper 2: Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Issues in the Identification of Sites (185kB PDF)
Background Paper 3: Flood Risk Sequential Test of Sites (862kB PDF)
Background Paper 4: The Identification of Sites for Student Accommodation (178kB PDF)
Background Paper 5: Assessing the Deliverability of Sites (105kB PDF)
Background Paper 6: Infrastructure Issues in the Identification of Sites: Transport and Schools (96kB PDF)
Background Paper 7: Design, Character and Context (261kB PDF)
Background Paper 8: Accessible and Adaptable Dwellings (327kB PDF)
Background Paper 9: Energy Efficiency and Natural Resources (193kB PDF)
Background Paper 10: Car and Cycle Parking Standards (198kB PDF)
Background Paper 11: Affordable Housing (257kB PDF)
Background Paper 12: Living Conditions (310kB PDF)
Background Paper 13: Student Accommodation (142kB PDF)
Background Paper 14: Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) (456kB PDF)
Background Paper 15: Key Worker Housing (116kB PDF)

We have also published the Oxford Affordable Housing Viability Study:

Oxford Affordable Housing Viability Study - Main Report (10.3MB PDF)
Oxford Affordable Housing Viability Study - Appendices (3.8MB PDF)

Contact Us

Planning Policy Team
Oxford City Council
St Aldate's Chambers,
109 St Aldate's,
Oxford, OX1 1DS

planningpolicy@oxford.gov.uk

T: 01865 252847
F: 01865 252144

Page last reviewed 9 February 2012