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2024 targeted 4th consultation and responses

Between 14 August and 15 September the Developer carried out another Targeted Consultation - the 4th consultation in total


This consultation concerns a single veteran oak tree.


The Applicant claims that the purpose of the proposed amendment is to avoid or minimise the environmental effects of cables on the veteran tree. So they are considering an alternative to a route under the tree and instead suggesting a route around, but still very close to, its northern side.


SBW Response to Veteran Tree Targeted Consultation

2024 targeted consultation and responses

Between 14 June and 28 July 2024 the Developer carried out a Targeted Consultation.


This listed 57 changes to their plans including a different route across the Thames, changes of boundaries, removal of hedgerows, addition to/removal from small amounts of land to/from the proposal.


SBW Response to Targeted Consultation

CPRE Response to Targeted Consultation

OCC Response to Targeted Consultation

Cassington Parish Council Response to Targeted Consultation

Cumnor Parish Council Response to Targeted Consultation

2024 STATUTORY consultation and responses

PVDP published their Preliminary Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) on 30 November 2023. It comprises over 7000 pages and is available on their website: https://botleywest.co.uk/document_library.html


Between 30 November 2023 and 8 February 2024 the Developer carried out their Statutory Community Consultation.


Responses to this Consultation follow:

SBW Response (pdf)Download
OCC Response (pdf)Download
WODC Response (pdf)Download
CPRE Response (pdf)Download
Historic England Response (pdf)Download
Gardens Trust Response (pdf)Download
Vale WHDC Response (pdf)Download
Bladon PC Response (pdf)Download
Cassington PC Response (pdf)Download
Combe PC Response (pdf)Download
Cumnor PC Response (pdf)Download
Eynsham PC Response (pdf)Download
Kidlington PC Response (pdf)Download
Wootton PC Response (pdf)Download

2022 pre-statutory consultation

In November and December 2022, the Developer PVDP carried out a pre-statutory community consultation. A summary of responses from Parish Councils, the SBW survey of residents and PVDP's summary report are shown here.

Parish Council 2022 Consultation Statements

All of the Parish Councils below are against the Botley West Solar proposal.

Follow the links below to read their Consultation Statements.

Bladon Parish Council - Consultation Statement

 Bladon-Parish-BWSF-Phase-One-Feedback.pdf (bladon-pc.gov.uk) 

Begbroke Parish Council - Consultation Statement

 Botley-Solar-Farm-objections-Begbroke-Parish-Council.pdf (begbrokepc.org.uk) 

Cassington Parish Council - Consultation Statement

 https://cassington-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Letter-re-Solar-Farm.pdf 

Cumnor Parish Council - Consultation Statement

https://cumnorparishcouncil.org.uk/cms-data/depot/filedepot/2022-12-05Response-to-BotleyWest-Phase-One-Community-Consultation-v1.pdf

Eynsham Parish Council - Consultation Statement

https://eynsham-pc.gov.uk/variable/organisation/880/attachments/BotleyWestConsultation1Response_Final_13Dec2022.pdf

Hanborough Parish Council - Consultation Statement

www.hanborough-pc.gov.uk (see pdf link at top left of page) 

Yarnton Parish Council - Consultation Statement

 https://cassington-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Yarnton-Parish-Council-Solar-Farm-Objection.pdf  (hosted on Cassington PC website)

Downloads

Communities 24.05.2023 (pdf)

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Parish Councils 24.05.2023 (pdf)

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Botley West Solar Farm CSR (pdf)

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Consultation responses pour in from residents

HUGE thanks to all of you who sent feedback to PVDP. Whether you wrote 10 words or 10 pages your replies will have to be read and reported by the Developer.


Many responses were incredibly detailed and we are aware of the hours and, in some cases, days and weeks that some have spent in navigating (not for the faint hearted) and studying the PEIR and in constructing detailed, evidential and well argued responses.


Particular thanks go to those experts who agreed to forensically examine a chapter of the PEIR in their area of particular expertise and for providing comprehensive, evidential and in most cases, damning responses!


Regarding our own questionnaire, we are delighted to announce that we have received over 1,300 responses! One key statistic is 91% of respondents are against BWSF, 4% for and 5% unsure. The full report on the Questionnaire will be available on the SBW website when the analysis has been completed in March.


Also, soon to be on the website, are copies of some of the many consultation responses sent to PVDP by SBW, WODC, Parish Councils, CPRE, BBOWT, etc

WODC endorse strong response to the consultation

On 5th February, the WODC Development Control Committee met to discuss the WODC draft response to the consultation. In the public session at the start, our spokesperson, Anthony Thompson, spoke commandingly about our objections and Robert Gunn spoke similarly robustly on behalf of 10 of the affected Parish Councils represented at the meeting.


Planning officer, Andrew Thomson, presented an excellent explanation of the proposals followed by a summary of the PEIR main contents. His presentation is shown here. The Council then debated the WODC Draft response, page by page. The only interventions were to strengthen what was already a strong statement. They voted to agree the draft response instructing the Chair and Vice-Chair to agree the final edits and to submit to PVDP by the deadline of Feb 8th. The WODC final response to the consultation is here shortly

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