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West Oxfordshire Design Guide

The West Oxfordshire Design Guide was formally adopted as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on 27 September 2006. The Guide provides design advice appropriate to both existing and future development in the District, and supplements the policies found in the West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2011. Any person aggrieved by the SPD may, within three months of the adoption date, apply to the High Court for a judicial review of the decision to adopt the SPD.

The Guide provides a wealth of design advice for West Oxfordshire, on everything from the colour of a front door to the layout of a new housing area. It seeks to describe the qualities and characteristics that make West Oxfordshire special - its landscapes, settlements and buildings - and to describe the ways in which good design can protect and enrich the character of the District.

The Guide underwent a period of public consultation in April 2006. We received a range of comments on its structure and contents and the document was updated to reflect these responses. On September 27, 2006 the West Oxfordshire Design Guide was formally adopted by cabinet as a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), making it a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

The downloads to the right of this page (particularly the Whole Document .pdf) may be large and care should be taken if downloading the files via dial-up or slow internet connection. Printed copies of The Design Guide are available at a cost of £30.00 (plus £1.50 p+p) from the Council offices (Elmfield, New Yatt Road, Witney, OX28 1PB) and from Visitor Information Centres in West Oxfordshire.

The original Design Guide consultation documents were accompanied by a Preparation and Consultation Statement and a Sustainability Appraisal Report.

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001.Front cover (393 kB PDF) | 002.Ack - contents (77 kB PDF) | 003.Chapter 1 Introduction (290 kB PDF) | 004.Chapter 2 Local characteristics (1,488 kB PDF) | 005.Chapter 3 Landscape and biodiversity (455 kB PDF) | 006.Chapter 4 Dev of existing settlements (724 kB PDF) | 007.Chapter 5 Buildings and their setting (724 kB PDF) | 008.Chapter 6 Case studies (775 kB PDF) | 009.Chapter 7 Buildings - House types (323 kB PDF) | 010.Chapter 8 Building details (893 kB PDF) | 011.Chapter 9 Sustainable building (455 kB PDF) | 012.Appendices cover page (189 kB PDF) | 013.Appendix 01 Policy (61 kB PDF) | 014.Appendix 010 Stonework (77 kB PDF) | 015.Appendix 011 natural stone quarries (122 kB PDF) | 016.Appendix 012 drystone wallers (222 kB PDF) | 017.Appendix 013 thatchers (115 kB PDF) | 018.Appendix 014 joinery (104 kB PDF) | 019.Appendix 015 Paint colours (116 kB PDF) | 020.Appendix 016 art for public spaces (125 kB PDF) | 021.Appendix 017 Bin storage (223 kB PDF) | 022.Appendix 02 Listed buildings (110 kB PDF) | 023.Appendix 03 Scheduled Ancient Monuments (136 kB PDF) | 024.Appendix 04 Conservation areas (113 kB PDF) | 025.Appendix 05 Alterations and extensions (351 kB PDF) | 026.Appendix 06 Repairs and alterations (117 kB PDF) | 027.Appendix 07 Traditional details (90 kB PDF) | 028.Appendix 08 Barns (261 kB PDF) | 029.Appendix 09 Street scene (515 kB PDF) | Draft West Oxfordshire Design Guide Preparation and Consultation Statement (83 kB PDF) | Draft West Oxfordshire Design Guide Sustainability Appraisal Report (175 kB PDF) | West Oxfordshire Design Guide (Whole Document) (8,600 kB PDF)

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