UPDATE - Article from Voices edition 198, March 2024.
North Farm Residents will recall the exhaustive rounds of public consultation conducted nearly 2 years ago regarding the the derelict North Farm site as a potential community-led development opportunity. Of the illustrative options provided by OCC, the most favoured by residents was a development of 9 houses that maximised the available open space (to be gifted to the community) and represented least impact upon the Conservation Area. After a prolonged hiatus, due in part to regime change at OCC, details have at last begun to emerge - a proposed site layout for 9 houses plus (a probable prerequisite for WODC approval) an affordable housing unit. The Parish Council believes that this provides an acceptable basis to continue, subject to ongoing refinement and negotiation. With surveys (highways, ecological and so on) now underway, an outline planning application is likely to be made this Summer. If approved, construction will begin late 25/early 26. The Parish Council will continue its close liaison with OCC on this matter.
North Farm Residents will recall the exhaustive rounds of public consultation conducted nearly 2 years ago regarding the the derelict North Farm site as a potential community-led development opportunity. Of the illustrative options provided by OCC, the most favoured by residents was a development of 9 houses that maximised the available open space (to be gifted to the community) and represented least impact upon the Conservation Area. After a prolonged hiatus, due in part to regime change at OCC, details have at last begun to emerge - a proposed site layout for 9 houses plus (a probable prerequisite for WODC approval) an affordable housing unit. The Parish Council believes that this provides an acceptable basis to continue, subject to ongoing refinement and negotiation. With surveys (highways, ecological and so on) now underway, an outline planning application is likely to be made this Summer. If approved, construction will begin late 25/early 26. The Parish Council will continue its close liaison with OCC on this matter.
North Farm Public Consultation Stage 3 - December 2021 to 18th February 2022
| Parish Council response to OCC - March 2022.pdf |
| North Farm Presentation of stage 3 public consultation.pdf |
| North Farm Presentation from OCC_.pdf |
| North Farm 9 houses option - plan.pdf |
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