West End Area Action Plan

The West End of Oxford is under-utilised and does not match Oxford's worldwide reputation, or live up to its potential as an urban quarter of the highest quality. However, the area is part of the centre of our historic City, and its renaissance is key to the overall long-term success of the City as a whole.

The renaissance of the West End is an exciting project with much potential. The vision is for the creation of a vibrant quarter of the city centre with a mix of uses and facilities, a good network of routes and connections and a distinctive sense of place.

Oxford City Council had prepared an Area Action Plan (AAP) to guide future development and change in the West End. AAPs focus on the implementation of policy in a specific area. They are an important way of ensuring development of an appropriate scale, mix and quality for key areas of opportunity.

Issues and Options for the AAP were developed with community involvement in early 2006. It was then developed into Preferred Options which were consulted on in September 2006. TThis community involvement has fed into the submission AAP.

The AAP was submitted to the Secretary of State on 15th June 2007.

The hearing sessions were held between 15th and 25th January 2008 and the Inspector (Dr Shelagh Bussey) issued her report on 28th April 2008. The AAP was found to be sound and was adopted by the City Council as Planning Policy on 30th June 2008.

The West End Area Action Plan has been adopted

Following receipt of the Inspector's Report which found that the West End Area Action Plan was sound (subject to the Inspector's changes being incorporated) the document has been updated and adopted by the City Council as part of the Local Development Framework.

West End Area Action Plan - adopted

Volume 1 - main document (1772kB PDF)

Volume 2 - appendices (3812kB PDF)

West End AAP Inspector's report (298kB PDF)

Annex A i) (132kB PDF)

Annex A ii) (72kB PDF)

Annex B (162kB PDF)

Full list of the AAP Core Documents

AAP documents
CD1	Submission version - West End AAP volume 1: main document (2793kB PDF)
CD1	Submission version - West End AAP volume 2: appendices (1293kB PDF)
CD2	Consultation statement (1078kB PDF)
CD3	Sustainability appraisal (798kB PDF)
CD4	Submission proposals map (15154kB PDF)
CD5	Correction notice (477kB PDF)
CD6	Notice of DPD matters (96kB PDF)
CD7	Representations form (210kB PDF)
CD8	AAP Preferred Options document (8891kB PDF)
CD9	SA Scoping Report and appendices (442kB PDF and 1056kB PDF)
CD10	Summary of submission representations (150kB PDF)
CD11	Submission representations received 1 (1484kB PDF)
CD11	Submission representations received 2 (20796kB PDF)
CD11	Submission representations received 3 (2633kB PDF)
CD 11	Submission representations received 4 (150kB PDF)
CD12	Regulation 31 Statement (39kB PDF)

Background Papers
CD13-38	Background papers (7364kB PDF)

Evidence Base Studies
CD39	West End Sustainable Energy Study (36184kB PDF)
CD40	Historic buildings and Area Appraisal (25173kB PDF)
CD41	Oxpens Public Square Location (3684kB PDF)
CD42	Retail Needs Study (16408kB PDF)
CD43	West End Viability Study (288kB PDF)
CD44	Indoor Leisure Study (543kB PDF)
CD45	Draft Oxford Hotels and Short-accommodation Study (104kB PDF). The Final version is available on the Background studies page (see the See Also pages on the right)
CD46	Conference Centre Feasibility Study (1734kB PDF)
CD47	Space Syntax volume 1 (Dec 2006) (18523kB PDF)
CD47	Space Syntax volume 2 (Dec 2006) (220kB PDF)
CD48	Space Syntax (Jan 2007) (8096kB PDF)
CD49	Draft Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA): (final version available on Core Strategy evidence page)
	Draft SFRA main document (508kB PDF)
	Appendix A (910kB PDF)
	Appendix C (1301kB PDF)
	Appendix D (4643kB PDF)
	Appendix E (2220kB PDF)
	Appendix F (1454kB PDF)
	Appendix H (1528kB PDF)
	Appendix J (Figure 1) (1527kB PDF)
	Appendix J (Figure 2) (1518kB PDF)
CD50	Employment Land Review:
	Cover (2180kB PDF)
	Executive summary (190kB PDF)
	Main document (808kB PDF)
	Appendices (589kB PDF)
	Potential sites plan 4.1 (4163kB PDF)
	Employment areas plan 8.1 (4161kB PDF)
	Site reports (Development sites) (2308kB PDF)
	Site reports (Protected sites) (2219kB PDF)
	Site reports (Reserved sites) (180kB PDF)
	Site reports (Sample sites) (594kB PDF)
CD51	Housing Requirements Study (29kB PDF)

Oxford City Council planning policy documents
CD52	Local Development Scheme 2007-10 (695kB PDF)
CD53	Annual Monitoring Report 2006-07
CD55	Statement of Community Involvement
CD56-59	Supplementary Planning Documents
CD60	Oxford Local Plan 2001-2016
CD61	Core Strategy Preferred Options document (8891kB PDF)

Other policy documents
CD62	Oxfordshire Structure Plan 2016
CD63	Regional Planning Guidance note 9
CD64	South East Plan (submission document)
CD65	South East Plan Panel Report (chapter 22)
CD66	Oxford's community Strategy (814kB PDF)
CD67	Oxfordshire Community Strategy
CD68	Oxfordshire Local Transport Plan 2006-11

Key national documents
CD69	PPS1: Delivering Sustainable Developement
CD70	PPS3: Housing
CD71	PPS6: Planning for Town Centres
CD72	PPS12: Local Development Frameworks
CD73	PPS13: Transport
CD74	PPS15:Planning and the Historic Environment
CD75	PPS17: Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation
CD76	PPS22: Renewable Energy
CD77	PPS25: Development and Flood Risk
Link to all the above PPS documents
CD78	Town and Country Planning (Local Development England) Regulations 2004
CD79	Creating Local Development Framework - a companion guide to PPS12
CD80	Development Plans Examination - a guide to the process of assessing the soundness of Development Plans Documents

Examination material
CD81	Proposed changes by the City Council (64kB PDF)
CD82	List of pertinent planning applications (43kB PDF)
CD83	Map of the City Council owned land (740kB PDF)
CD84	List of City Council's witnesses (37kB PDF)
CD85	Appropriate Assessment scoping exercise and Natural England's response
CD86	Maps showing areas recently flooded - map 1 (584kB PDF), map 2 (1073kB PDF) and map 3 (733kB PDF)
CD87	Sewerage capacity study 1 and 2 (337kB and 58KB PDF)
CD88	Electoral wards map (109kB PDF)
CD89	SEERA letter of conformity (33kB PDF)
CD90	Development guidance notes for developers in the West End (141kB PDF)
CD91	Map of area to be covered in Public Realm Strategy review (789kB PDF)
CD92	Inspector's issues and matters (67kB PDF)
CD93	Replies to Inspector's issues and matters (493kB PDF)
CD94	Planning Obligations Viability Study
CD95	Urban Potential Study
CD96	Public Realm Strategy (3828kB PDF)
CD97	Replies to Inspector's questions (669kB PDF)
CD98	Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)
CD 99	Initial appraisal of Frideswide Square (1682kB PDF)
CD100	Balance of Dwellings study by Fordhams (1829kB PDF)
CD103	Draft City-wide SFRA (508kB PDF)
CD106	Notes from the pre-examination meeting
CD 107	Objector's further submissions:
	Barbara Raw: Oxpens field (242kB PDF) and bus route (251kB PDF)
	BRBR: session 2 (483kB PDF), session 3 (274kB PDF) and session 4 (330kB PDF).
	CEREP (1708kB PDF)
	Oxfordshire County Council (132kB PDF)
	Highways Agency (77kB PDF)
	Oxford Civic Society (245kB PDF)
	Oxford Preservation Trust (83kB PDF)
	ROX (2187kB PDF)
	SENDRA (202kB PDF)
	St Tomas Nursery (85kB PDF)
	Thames Valley Police (161kB PDF)
	Environment Agency
CD 108	Council responses to objectors' further submissions:
	Environment Agency SFRA and Sequential Test
	Comments on the EA's suggested changes
	Revised sequential approach
	Highways Agency (77kB PDF)
	Oxfordshire County Council response
	Oxford Preservation Trust (83kB PDF)
CD 109	Agendas for the hearing sessions
CD110	Statement of common ground with Oxfordshire County Council (30kB PDF)
CD111	Schedule of saved policies (258kB PDF)
CD112	List of Inspector's suggested changes (1043kB PDF)

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