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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.
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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 adoptedFollowing 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: |
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Cover (2180kB PDF) |
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| 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 |
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Page last reviewed 11 Nov 2008