The Chair of the Committee is Lesley McLean and the Vice-Chair David Thurling
Development and Strategy
This committee is concerned with planning and development matters and with the Council's policies and strategic direction.
Terms of reference:
- To agree, monitor and report the Council's aims and objectives.
- To agree, monitor and report the Council's strategic plan and its implementation
- To develop and agree policies which facilitate the Council's strategic plan
- To receive, consider and agree reports from planning, strategy and policy groups
- To keep under review the Kidlington Masterplan and to undertake a Neigbourhood Planning Process where necessary
- To consider and monitor development proposals affecting Kidlington and, where appropriate, make representations to the relevant body. This can include discussions with developers on behalf of the Council.
- To make representations on planning applications and decisions to Cherwell District Council in its capacity as the local planning authority.
- To work in partnership with other council agencies and groups to improve Kidlington's physical environment
- To consider and comment on highways matters with a view to improving the local transport and active travel infrastructure
- To liaise with statutory services such as the Police, Fire Service, Environment Agency and Thames Water, and voluntary services, in relation to emergencies
- To oversee the internal management of the Council's affairs
Planning Applications
Most planning applications (although there are exceptions) are made to Cherwell District Council who then have responsibility to ask all interested parties including neighbouring properties, the County Council and the Parish Council for their views on the development.
The Parish Council is, therefore, a consultee.
The issues the Parish Council are able to consider include:
- loss of privacy/impact on residential amenity overshadowing/overbearing impact highway safety, traffic and parking issues
- noise
- visual amenity/street scene
- wildlife
- historic buildings and conservation
- flooding
- design, and materials
- appearance of the development
- capacity of infrastructure – schools/public transport etc
Issues the Parish Council is NOT able to consider include:
- loss of View
- effect on property values
- private rights
- boundary disputes, and construction noise
Planning applications are considered at the next available Development and Strategy Committee meeting (see below for meeting dates) and included on the agenda; links to the appropriate section of the CDC Planning Portal are also included on the Planning Applications Section on the Website.
Kidlington Parish Council are able to engage with developers of all sizes before an application is submitted to the planning authority (CDC), particularly as local information can often help the developer form their plans. However, the Parish Council has to be very careful not to pre-determine the outcome of any discussions and has to be mindful of all who may be affected by the proposal (not just the applicant) – whether positively or negatively.
Therefore, the Council is not able to ‘support’ an application until it is submitted to the Planning Authority.
Agendas and Minutes of individual meetings can be seen by selecting a year below. Planning applications and associated documents can be viewed on the Cherwell Online Register, where you can find and comment on individual applications using the reference numbers on the agendas published below.
There is a full list of committee members further down on the page.
Please Note: These below meeting dates could be subject to change