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Environment
Evidence Studies
A key to the progress of the local development framework is an evidence base. PPS12 states that local planning authorities should prepare and maintain an up-to-date information base on key aspects of the social, economic and environmental characteristics of their area, to enable the preparation of a sound spatial plan meeting the objectives of sustainable development.
We have a number of formal studies already completed or underway. These include:
- Employment Land Review – completed
- Housing Market Assessment – completed
- Survey of Village Services and Facilities - completed
- School Travel patterns - completed
- Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment - completed
- Travelling Showpeople’s Accommodation Assessment - completed. Final Report Nov 2008 - Executive Summary Final Report Nov 2008
- Retail and Leisure Needs Assessment – underway
- District-wide Strategic Flood Risk Assessment – underway
- PPG17 Assessment of Sport and Recreation Facilities - completed, public consultation on strategy May 2008
- Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment - underway
- Housing Needs Survey - preparatory work underway
- Understanding Didcot - completed Thriving Didcot Report
- Didcot Strategic Flood Risk Assessment – completed
- Landscape Appraisal for Didcot area - completed
- The Didcot Greenspaces and Country Park Project - completed
- Didcot Sport and Active Recreation study - completed
- Southern Central Oxfordshire Transport Study - underway
- Spatial portraits of the larger settlements in South Oxfordshire
Our evidence base also comprises of:
Stakeholder and public involvement
- Throughout the production of our documents we involve stakeholders and the public and this helps inform our decisions. You can view the consultation responses we received have already received to our Site Allocations Development Plan document We will add consultation responses to other documents as we go through the process.
- Your place, your future workshops summer 2007
- Didcot opinion survey results
- Core Strategy Issues and Options consultation
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