Joint Local Plan 2041 Supporting Documents

Please head to our Joint Local Plan 2041 page for more details.

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Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment

• Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SA/SEA) Report and Appendices A to L
  • SA/SEA Appendix B (accessible version)
  • SA/SEA Appendix D (accessible version)
  • SA/SEA Appendix E (accessible version)
  • SA/SEA Appendix H (accessible version)
  • SA/SEA Appendix I (Part 1) (accessible version)
  • SA/SEA Appendix I (Part 2) (accessible version)
  • SA/SEA Appendix J (accessible version)
  • SA/SEA Appendix L (accessible version)

Evidence base

Climate and Environmental Quality

• Air Quality Screening Assessment
• Dark Skies/Light Impact Assessment Methodology Report
• Dark Skies Lighting Design Guidance
• South Oxfordshire Karst Susceptibility Hazard Map Technical Note

• Net Zero Carbon Study:
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Local Circumstances Report
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Local Circumstances Report (accessible version)
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 1 and 2
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 1 and 2 (accessible version)
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 3
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 3 (accessible version)
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 4
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 4 (accessible version)
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 5
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 5 (accessible version)
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 6
  • Net Zero Carbon Study Task 6 (accessible version)

• Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
  • Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment – Appendices
• Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
  • Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment – Appendices

• Water Cycle Study Scoping Report
  • Water Cycle Study Scoping Report – Appendices

Housing, Economy and Settlements

• Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA)
  • Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) – Appendix A (Site Proformas)
  • Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment Interactive Map

• Joint Housing Needs Assessment

• Employment Land Needs Assessment Phase 1
• Employment Land Needs Assessment Phase 2
  
• Dalton Barracks Employment Assessment

• Hotel and Visitor Accommodation Study
  • Hotel and Visitor Accommodation Study – Appendix 3

• Town Centres and Retail Study
  • Town Centres and Retail Study – Appendices
  • Supplementary Note – Town Centres and Retail Study

Healthy Places and Leisure

• Green Infrastructure Strategy and Open Space Study

• South Oxfordshire Draft Leisure Facilities Assessment and Strategy
• Vale of White Horse Draft Leisure Facilities Assessment and Strategy
  • South and Vale Draft Leisure Facilities Assessment and Strategy – Appendix: Action Plan

• South Oxfordshire Draft Playing Pitch Strategy
  • South Oxfordshire Draft Playing Pitch Strategy – Appendices

• Vale of White Horse Draft Playing Pitch Strategy
  • Vale of White Horse Draft Playing Pitch Strategy – Appendices

Infrastructure, Transport and Viability

• Existing Transport Conditions Report
• Study of Active Travel for Allocations
• Transport Modelling Report
• Viability Report
  • Viability Report – Appendices

Nature Recovery, Heritage and Landscape

Nature Recovery

• Habitats and Species Trends
• Assessment of Sites’ Biodiversity Net Gain Potential
• Ecological Assessment of Sydling’s Copse and College Pond SSSI
• Lowland Fens: Identifying Sites and Mapping Development Risk Zones

Heritage

• Heritage Impact Assessments

Landscape

• Landscape Character Assessment
• Landscape Character Types (LCT):
  • LCT 1 Chalk Escarpment
  • LCT 2 Wooded Chalk Escarpment
  • LCT 3 Open Chalk Dipslope
  • LCT 4 Wooded Chalk Plateau and Valleys
  • LCT 5 Wooded Chalk Ridges and Valleys
  • LCT 6 Chalk Escarpment Footslopes
  • LCT 7 Ridge Hilltops
  • LCT 8 Ridge Slope
  • LCT 9 Vale Edge Slopes
  • LCT 10 Lower Vale Hills
  • LCT 11 Upper Vale
  • LCT 12 Middle Vale
  • LCT 13 Lower Vale
  • LCT 14 River Valleys
• Oxford Green Belt Study
• Renewables Landscape Sensitivity Assessment
• Tranquillity Assessment
• Valued Landscape Assessment
  • Valued Landscape Assessment – Appendix A

Topic Papers

• Biodiversity Net Gain Justification Topic Paper
• Climate Change Topic Paper
• Employment Needs Topic Paper
• Housing Requirement, Affordable Housing and Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Topic Paper
• Settlement Assessment and Hierarchy Topic Paper
• Site Selection (incorporating Sequential Flood Risk and Exception Tests) Topic Paper
• Spatial Strategy Topic Paper
• Town Centres and Retail Topic Paper
• Transport Safeguarding Topic Paper
• Water Efficiency Topic Paper

You can also review the evidence related to our Local Plan 2041 Preferred Options Consultation, which took place in January and February 2024.

You can see the evidence related to our adopted local plans here:

• South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 Evidence Base
• Vale of White Horse Local Plan 2031 Part 1 Evidence Base
• Vale of White Horse Local Plan 2031 Part 2 Evidence Base