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and Cutteslowe roundabouts and more parking spaces at Peartree Park and Ride. A total of 156 people responded to the public consultation, which ended on September 15, and all comments on the AAP have been submitted to the inspector. The city council says draft policies on the green belt, where much of land has been identified, and highways access received the most responses. Oxfordshire’s branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) opposes the plan. • Continues on page 3
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PLANS to develop a site with 500 homes, a business park and hotel in north Oxford have been submitted to the Government for inspection. Oxford City Council handed its Northern Gateway Area Action Plan (AAP) to the Secretary of State for inspection on October 24. Planning inspector Christine Newmarch is assessing the plan, which sets out a framework for development on land either side of the A44 and next to Peartree interchange. The city council wants to develop 44 hectares of land at the site which has been coined the Northern Gateway for employment and housing. City council leader Bob Price (pictured) said: “The Northern Gateway development is a rare opportunity to provide significant new floor space within the city for the innovation and knowledge-based sector that is so important im to Oxford’s and the national economy. nati “It also offers the opportunity to provide pr additional new homes and associated facilities in the form of a thriving new commui that forms part of Oxford.” nity Among the plans is up to 500 homes, a new link road between the A40 and A44, improvements to the Wolvercote
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