Note from the Parish Council to Bloxham residents
Bloxham Parish Council wish to alert residents that – Frampton’s have lodged a planning application with Cherwell District Council for 85 homes to be built on the South side of the Milton Road.ref. 12/01139/OUT
The Parish Council are awaiting full details of the application, but have seen the letter accompanying the Application which makes reference to the following:-

• Cherwell District Council’s apparent lack of a 5 year supply of housing.
• Bloxham is a Category 1 settlement.
• Bloxham has a general sustainability.
• Bloxham has a number and a range of local services.
• Bloxham has good accessibility to Banbury by car and public transport.
• Bloxham has good accessibility in terms of walking and cycling; and local employment opportunities.
• The site is 5- 10 minute walk from local facilities.
• Good pedestrian access via established pedestrian footway that forms an unbroken link from the site to the local facilities.
• Provision of 35% affordable housing.

Local residents may wish to note that:

The land for the proposed site is outside the Residential Boundary of Bloxham.
The major concerns raised by local residents and local Parish Councils to the Gladman proposals (for the proposed development along the Barford Road) would appear to be applicable to this proposal.
Frampton’s will be holding a public exhibition between 3pm and 7pm on Thursday 23rd August at Jubilee Park Hall.

Note from Bloxham Broadsheet on how to object

• If you want a  printable copy (pdf) of the above Parish Council document click  here.
• We recognise people hold different opinions about new developments but the vast majority of residents who have voiced an opinion so far have  taken the view ‘ enough is enough!’
• If you have already objected to the Gladman  Barford Road proposals you can probably email an almost identical objection to this proposed development so dig out your old email objection.
• Whether you are for or against further developments you can convey your views to CDC. Be sure to include your name and address.   Note – your letters or emails will appear on the CDC website for everyone to see.
• In theory you should be able to add comments directly to the CDC website. In practice this has proved rather a challenging process. You have to register, find your way back, login and then it still seems not to work half the time!  Some alternatives are set out below.
• You could try clicking here. With a bit of luck it will enter all the email addresses of the planning committee and the CDC planners into your email for you! (If you want the email addresses of individual members of the planning committee – look here.)
• If you just want to send your objections to the CDC Planners then try clicking here.
• If none of this works for the email system that you are using then just copy the CDC address Caroline.Roche@cherwell-dc.gov.uk and paste it into your email.

The map below has been sent to Bloxham residents by Framptons and so we reproduce it here in order to further assist informed consultation with residents. The proposed site is immediately adjacent to both the proposed Gladman development and the partially completed Woodland Park development and opposite the slightly earlier development along the North of the Milton Road. If the two most recent applications are approved then together these 4 urban style developments would represent the addition of around 300 extra families to Bloxham within just a few years. Approval would risk irreversibly destroying the pleasant rural character of the village, threatening access to both local primary and secondary schools for Bloxham families and straining our already creaking (and essentially unchanging) utilities and transport infrastructure.

Developers take the cash and walk away. We have to live with the long-term consequences! Bloxham is obviously perceived as a ‘soft target’ by developers. If you value living in a village and don’t want Bloxham to become a satellite, urban-style housing estate for Banbury then you will need to make your voice heard – again!