Summary of Comments to Preferred Options Report

Public consultation on the Preferred Options Report finished in February 2009. Since then we have done further work and consulted you on some additional matters. You can read about this consultation on the Core Strategy: Additional Consultation page. Further details are available from our Core Strategy page.

The public responses made to the Preferred options have been summarised and set out in two main documents; Proteus Summary Report (211.2 KB) and Summary Schedule of Comments which can be downloaded in sections below. Comments have also been further summarised into the main points raised by respondents. (55.4 KB) A full list (96.3 KB)  of all the respondents showing each of their reference numbers may be downloaded.

• Introduction (38.8 KB)
• The Vale Today (59.5 KB)
• Vision and Objectives (58.0 KB)
• Spatial Strategy (59.1 KB)
• Employment (59.2 KB)
• Shopping and Town Centres (88.0 KB)
• Transport (91.7 KB)
• Places - Abingdon (30.2 KB)
• Places - Wantage and Grove (24.4 KB)
• Places - The area west of Didcot (28.8 KB)  
• Places - Botley (28.7 KB)
• Places - Faringdon (38.4 KB)
• The Rural Areas (51.8 KB)
• The Oxford Green Belt (33.5 KB)
• The Upper Thames Reservoir (31.7 KB)
• Building Communities (53.4 KB)
• Supporting Prosperity (27.7 KB)
• Delivering and Protecting Quality Environments (51.7 KB)
• Glossary and Key Diagram (16.0 KB)
• Appendices (17.9 KB)
• Miscellaneous comments (30.5 KB)  
• Sustainability Appraisal (28.5 KB)

We received a large number of comments about housing which have been summarised separately. These can be downloaded below.

• Housing in general (51.8 KB)
• Housing in Abingdon (93.0 KB)
• Housing in Wantage and Grove (99.2 KB)
• Housing in the Didcot area (37.0 KB)
• Housing in Botley (24.9 KB)
• Housing in Faringdon (38.0 KB)
• Housing in Rural Areas (60.3 KB)

We also consulted on our evidence base and summaries of the comments received can be downloaded from the evidence base consultation page.