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Turley Design supports approval of West Eynsham masterplan

On behalf of Janson, Berkeley, Vanderbilt Strategic and Oxfordshire County Council (New Reality Property) our Design team, as part of a consultancy team, has supported the developer-led masterplan for the West Eynsham Strategic Development Area (SDA) which was approved by the West Oxfordshire District Council cabinet last week.

The West Eynsham SDA is allocated in the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2031 for the provision of c.1,000 homes. The masterplan aims to bridge the gap between both the Local and Neighbourhood Plan and the implementation of development, to ensure high quality place making design for a sustainable neighbourhood that integrates into the village. 

A developer-led masterplan, adopted as a material consideration instead of a supplementary planning document (SPD), was selected to support a stream-lined process which enables the developers to move forward in a realistic way. It also reassures officers that it will meet the policy requirements for an allocation through a robust landscape-led masterplanning process.

The masterplan sets out a phasing strategy which is coherent and allows comprehensive development of required infrastructure. Following approval, it is now a material planning consideration for any current or future planning applications that come forward in relation to the West Eynsham SDA. 

It is anticipated that the approach taken in relation to the West Eynsham SDA will also provide a useful template for masterplans to come forward in relation to the other SDAs within West Oxfordshire.

West Eynsham

The Masterplan

The masterplan has been designed to provide a comprehensive strategy which creates a new neighbourhood that integrates into Eynsham and supports the delivery of:

  • approximately 1,000 homes
  • a new primary school 
  • a new local centre for community and small-scale commercial use
  • integration with the Horizon Technology Park Advanced Engineering Campus
  • extensive green and blue infrastructure with the creation of a high-quality landscape framework including a multi-functional linear park running along the Chil Brook
  • retained use of school playing field

Find out more about the masterplan here. 

If you would like to learn more about the West Eynsham masterplan get in touch with Design Director, Niamh Hession, or Senior Designer, Carol Darling in our South East team.

24 March 2022