Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
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Vale of White Horse District Council

Vale of White Horse Local Plan 2011

The Vale of White Horse Local Plan 2011 was adopted in July 2006 following a public inquiry by an independent inspector. The Plan incorporates the proposed modifications based on the recommendations of the Inspector's Report, which can be viewed and downloaded by following these links:

• Inspectors Report - Chapters 1- 7
• Inspectors Report - Chapter 8 (housing)
• Inspectors Report - Chapters 9 - 13

Until superseded by the Local Development Framework documents and the South East Plan, the Local Plan is part of the Development Plan.

Saved Policies

The final version of the South East Plan was published in May 2009. This means that all the Structure Plan saved policies that had been extended by the Secretary of State are no longer in force.

However with regard to the Oxfordshire Structure Plan 2016, policy T7 Service areas, policy H2 Upper Heyford and policy M2 Sand and gravel have been extended and have not been replaced by the South East Plan. Please download the Table which sets out which policies of the Oxfordshire Structure Plan have been replaced by which South East Plan policies.

With regard to the Local Plan, in a decision dated July 2009, the Secretary of State has directed the further extension of saved policies from the Local Plan. Please download the letter and notice to view these documents and Schedule 1 to view the policies.

How to view the Local Plan

The Adopted Local Plan 2011 can be viewed and downloaded by following the links below - the document has been split into separate chapters for ease when downloading. More details about what is covered in each chapter can be found in the contents section. The Plan should be read in the context of the saved policies referred to above.

Copies of the Plan can also be inspected at the Council Offices in Abingdon or are available to purchase at a cost of £60 including postage and packaging.

The Local Plan

• Contents
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - The Future of The Vale to 2011
• Chapter 3 - The Local Plan Strategy
• Chapter 4 - General Policies for Development
• Chapter 5 - Transport
• Chapter 6 - Historic Environment
• Chapter 7 - Natural Environment
• Chapter 8 - Housing
• Chapter 9 - Community Services and Facilities
• Chapter 10 - Leisure
• Chapter 11 - Economy of the Vale
• Chapter 12 - Shopping and Town Centres
• Chapter 13 - Tourism
• Appendix 1 - Conservation areas
• Appendix 2 - Historic parks and gardens
• Appendix 3 - Scheduled ancient monuments
• Appendix 4 - Nature conservation designated sites
• Appendix 5 - The content of the planning and development brief and design statements for the major development west of Didcot

How to view Local Plan maps

Local Plan maps can be viewed online on this website. Please see our Local Plan maps page for details on how to do this.

Please note that three of the conservation area boundaries have been amended since the publication of these Local Plan maps. Details of these amendments are given on the Conservation areas in the Vale page.