What can you as a resident do?
Whilst the parish council, along with other local parish councils lobby our local councillors (who have been very supportive), our Local MP and the Secretary of State for Transport, residents are also to encouraged to write in.
A guide to acting on planning applications
If you wouldn’t know where to start with responding to the abundance of planning consultations being thrown our way, fear not.
This link takes you to a step-by-step visual guide to using Cherwell District Council’s planning portal to make your views count.
Also. check out the links at the bottom of this page
A Guide to Commenting on Planning Applications
Who to contact to make your point
Write to your District and County Councillors and tell them your thoughts about the multiple applications and any concerns about how it would affect your way of life, local surroundings, transport. Tell them what mitigating actions would be needed for Somerton
- District Councillor David Rogers david.rogers@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
- District Councillor Zoe McLernon Zoe.Mclernon@cherwell-dc.gov.uk
- County councillor Cllr Gareth Epps Gareth.Epps@Oxfordshire.gov.uk
Write to your MPs and tell them your thoughts about the multiple applications and any concerns about how it would affect your way of life, local surroundings, transport. Ask them to make representations about the impact of these applications on this village.
- MP Calum Miller calum.miller.mp@parliament.uk
- MP Sean Woodcock sean.woodcock.mp@parliament. uk
What is the Parish Council Asking For?
Urgent Request for Holistic Environmental Review of Multiple Major Developments in North Oxfordshire
The Parish Council is actively lobbying: our local councillors (who have been very supportive), our Local MP and the Secretary of State for Transport.
At this stage, we are asking for the following:
- That they support or initiate a coordinated, cross-agency environmental impact assessment that considers the collective effects of these projects.
- They engage with local authorities, environmental agencies, and residents to ensure community and ecological priorities are fully integrated into the planning framework
- Consider a moratorium or delay on planning approvals until such a holistic evaluation can be completed.