Western Valley Neighbourhood Plan
Western Valley Parish Council is working on creating a neighbourhood plan to influence the way their area grows and develops into the future.
What’s happening now?
Vale of White Horse district council designated the Western Valley Neighbourhood Area on 1 October 2025. The original application sought designation of the entire parish area. However, due to a GIS mapping error, a small section of the parish was omitted in the designated neighbourhood area.
The district council is therefore undertaking a six-week consultation on a proposal to redesignate the neighbourhood area to include the omitted section. You can view a map showing the current and proposed designated neighbourhood area boundary.
The consultation runs for six weeks and concludes at 11:59pm on 4 August 2026.
Paper copies are available to view at Great Western Park District Community Centre Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 9:00pm, Saturday from 10:30am to 5:00pm, and Sunday from 8:00am to 5:30pm.
These can also be viewed by appointment at the district council’s office at Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE on Monday to Thursday 8:30am to 5:00pm and Friday 8:30am to 4:00pm. Please email or call us to make an appointment.
They can also be made available to view in an alternative format (for example large print, braille, audio, email, Easy Read and alternative languages) on request.
Please contact us on 01235 422600 or email planning.policy@southandvale.gov.uk
if you need help accessing the material or have any queries about this consultation.
If you know anyone you think would be interested in this consultation who does not have access to the internet, we would appreciate your help in telling them about it. Please ask them to get in touch with us via our contact details provided above.
To submit comments:
The quickest and easiest way to join the conversation is for you to use our online comment form which is available at: https://theconversation.southandvale.gov.uk/planning/western-valley-neighbourhood-area-consultation/
Comments can also be made by:
- emailing planning.policy@southandvale.gov.uk
- writing to Planning Policy, Vale of White Horse district council and post to ‘Freepost SOUTH AND VALE CONSULTATIONS’ (no other address information or stamp is needed)
- completing a comment form (available at the above venues) and posting or emailing it back to us
After the consultation ends, your comments, name, email and postal address will be sent to the district council to consider, who will then consider the designation of the Neighbourhood Area for Western Valley. The final decision will be published on the Western Valley neighbourhood planning page on this webpage.
All personal data will be held securely by the council in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Comments submitted by individuals may be published in a report on our website, alongside their name. Details within your comments referring to specific addresses, including your home address, may be published where these are relevant to the planning matters being consulted on. No other contact details will be published. Comments submitted by businesses or organisations may be published in full, including contact details. Further information on how we store personal data is provided in our privacy statement.
Thank you in advance for your participation. If you have any questions, please contact planning.policy@southandvale.gov.uk or call 01235 422425.
