Our report on the future of the Grenoble Road housing development highlights the disarray that surrounds the strategic planning system in this country.
Frankly, the Government is making it up as it goes along.
Strategic planning has been taken out of the hands of authorities like Oxfordshire and placed in the hands of the South East regional authority or office. Its plan includes the suggestion for 4,000 homes off Grenoble Road but never considered the idea of 15,000 homes around Weston-on-the-Green.
To describe this approach as piece-meal is an understatement.
Weston Otmoor drives a coach and horses through the South East Plan. If the Government is serious about it then it should tear up the South East Plan and start again. It makes no sense to do that and toss out all the careful work that went into it. It makes even less sense to decide a scheme of the scale of Weston Otmoor in isolation.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article