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IMPORTANT: Planning Appeal on Land Behind the Moors - respond by 3rd August

Dear KDW supporters.

Planning Appeal on Land Behind the Moors

 

As you know, the applicant has lodged an appeal against Cherwell Council’s refusal of planning permission for 340 houses on the Land Behind the Moors. We now know that the Planning Appeal will be determined by a Planning Inspector after a six-day Public Inquiry starting in November. The location hasn’t yet been arranged but we are pressing strongly for it to be in Kidlington.


Anyone can make comments on the appeal up to an absolute deadline of 3rd August. We encourage you to do so using the following link:

https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6010646

 

We are urging everyone to respond to the Planning Inspectorate stating that "I am against the appeal proposals" Please do this before the deadline. 

 

For more information including advice on how to respond and details of KDW's own response, please see our latest mailshot

 

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Planning Application by Exeter College for a huge “Innovation District” at Frieze Farm

02 July 2026

Dear KDW Supporter

 

You may have seen that Exeter College has submitted a planning application for a huge “Innovation District” on Green Belt land at Frieze Farm and the land on the opposite side of Frieze Way. It would be in addition to three other ‘science park’ type developments being built or planned locally, and would be as big as those combined!

 

However, the proposed site is already allocated in Cherwell’s Local Plan for a golf course to replace North Oxford Golf Course. As you will know this was forced to close by Exeter College (and other site owners) in order to make way for a new housing development there.

 

KDW thinks that this new proposal at Frieze Farm represents massive and damaging over-development and recommends that you object to it. 

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