Cherwell District Council
Statement of Submission
Notice of Submission of the Cherwell Local Plan 2042
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012
Notice is hereby given that Cherwell District Council submitted the Cherwell Local Plan Review 2042, in accordance with Section 20 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and Regulation 22(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012, to the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 31 July 2025 for examination. This submission date meets the timeline set out in the adopted Local Development Scheme.
Title of document
Cherwell Local Plan Review 2042
Subject matter and area covered by the Local Plan
Cherwell District Council has prepared the Local Plan Review 2042 for submission to the Secretary of State. The Local Plan covers the whole administrative area of Cherwell District and covers the time period from 1st April 2020 to 31 March 2042. Once adopted, the Local Plan Review 2042 will replace the Cherwell Local Plan Local Plan 2011- 2031 (Part 1) and Cherwell Local Plan 2011 – 2031 (Part 1) Partial Review – Oxford’s Unmet Need and the saved policies from the 1996 Cherwell Local Plan.
Inspection
The councils’ submission includes the Cherwell Local Plan Review 2042 (Publication Version) and supporting documents. The Council has also included a list of their proposed changes to the Local Plan, which it hopes will be of assistance to the Inspector, and new and updated evidence-based documents. The Local Plan and all supporting documents submitted can be viewed on the Council’s examination library webpage: https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/281/local-plan-review-examination.
The documents include:
- Submission Cherwell Local Plan Review 2042 (which is the same as the Regulation 19 Plan)
- Submission Cherwell Local Plan Review 2042 Policies Map
- A Consultation Statement
- Copies of all the representations made during the Regulation 19 consultation
- Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment
- A Schedule of Proposed Changes to the Submission Local Plan
- Key evidence and supporting documents
Hard copies of the documents numbered 1-6 are also available for inspection at our council offices, Cherwell District Council, 39 Castle Quay, Banbury, OX16 5FD. Weekdays from 8.45am until 5.15pm.
Hard copies of the documents numbered 1,2,5 & 6 are available to view at the locations below during the following opening hours:
Banbury Library, Marlborough Road, Banbury, OX16 5DB
Monday 9am – 1pm, Tuesday 9am – 7pm, Wednesday 9am – 8pm, Thursday 9am – 7pm, Friday 9am – 7pm, Saturday 9am – 4.30pm.
Woodgreen Library, Woodgreen Leisure Centre, Woodgreen Avenue, Banbury, OX16 0AT Monday 10am – 5pm, Tuesday 10am – 1pm, Wednesday 2pm – 5pm, Thursday 10am – 1pm, Friday 10am – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 1pm.
Bicester Library, Franklins House, Wesley Lane, Bicester, OX26 6JU
Monday 9.30am – 7pm, Tuesday 9.30am – 5pm, Wednesday 9.30am – 7pm, Thursday 9.30am – 7pm, Friday 9.30am – 5pm, Saturday 9am – 4.30pm.
Kidlington Library, Ron Groves House, 23 Oxford Road, Kidlington, OX5 2BP
Monday 9.30am – 5pm, Tuesday 9.30am – 7pm, Wednesday 9.30am – 1pm, Thursday 9.30am – 5pm, Friday 9.30am – 7pm, Saturday 9am – 4.30pm.
Adderbury Library, Church House, High Street, Adderbury, OX17 3LS
Tuesday 10am – 1pm and 2 – 5pm, Thursday 2pm – 5:30pm, Friday 10am – 1pm and 2 – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 12:30pm.
Deddington Library, The Old Court House, Horse Fair, Deddington, OX15 0SH
Monday 2pm – 7pm, Wednesday 9.30am – 1pm, Thursday 1pm – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 1pm.
Hook Norton Library, High Street, Hook Norton, OX15 5NH
Monday 2pm – 7pm, Wednesday 2pm – 5pm, Friday 2pm – 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 12.30pm.
West Oxfordshire District Council, Welch Way Office, 3 Welch Way, Witney, OX28 6JH Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Woodstock Library, The Oxfordshire Museum, Fletcher’s House, Park Street, Woodstock, OX20 1SN
Tuesday 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm, Wednesday 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm, Thursday 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm, Friday 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm, Saturday 10am – 12:30pm and 1pm –
4.30pm.
Examination
The Cherwell Local Plan 20 will now be subject to an independent examination to be conducted by the Planning Inspectorate. This is a continuous process which runs from the date of submission to the publishing of the Inspector’s Report. Part of this process will include hearing sessions which provide an opportunity for those invited to attend to respond to matters raised by the appointed Planning Inspector. More details of this process can be found on the Examination Page of our website.
All details relating to the examination will be dealt with by the Programme Officer, Louise St John Howe who has been appointed as an Independent Officer of the Examination to work on behalf of the Inspector to organise and manage the administrative and procedural matters of the Examination process. The Inspector will determine whether the submission of further written material to the examination is necessary. Once confirmed, all details relating to the examination process will be advertised, made available on-line and sent to all respondents via an independent Programme Officer.
Those who made representations at the Pre-Submission stage will, if the Inspector deems it appropriate, be offered the opportunity to submit further material or take part in specific Hearing Sessions at his/her request and will be notified regarding the examination process by the Programme Officer.
Any matters that anyone wishes to raise with the Inspector should be submitted via the Programme Officer, whose contact details are:
Louise St John Howe Programme Officer,
PO Services PO Box 10965,
Sudbury,
Suffolk
CO10 3BF
Telephone: 07789-486419
Email: louise@poservices.co.uk
Dated: 5 August 2025