The Town Council is aware that many residents are concerned with the recent planning application at land off Oxford Road for 77 houses. Matters raised have included flood risk, publicly accessible open space and play areas.
As is usual for this type of application, river and surface water flood risk will be independently assessed by the Environment Agency, the County Council in their role as the Local Lead Flood Authority, the District Council’s Drainage Engineers and Thames Water, in their capacity as the local sewerage operator. It is possible that other consultees will submit commentary on this matter too.
It was explained in our 14 July newsletter that the applicant will have to show that their scheme is compliant with the aims of both the District’s Local Plan and the current Thame Neighbourhood Plan (TNP). A key part of that will be explaining how the applicant is proposing to provide for the loss of a large proportion of the 17 hectares of publicly accessible open space required by the TNP.
The Town Council is working with both the applicant and the District Council to understand how these, and other matters will be addressed. We do not yet have a date on which this application will be taken to the Town Council’s Committee for consideration. As soon as a date has been identified we will announce it through our newsletter and social media.
