
Where has local democracy gone in our district planning?
After three years of campaigning against Cherwell District Council's Plan to swamp our villages and trash Oxford's northerly Green B

BYG address to Cherwell District Council, 22 July 2019
By Giles Lewis, Chair, Cherwell Development Watch, an Alliance of five local associations protesting Cherwell`s Local Review Plan....
BYG Public Meetings in Begbroke & Yarnton: We need funds!
The Examination in Public Hearings presents us with our last substantial chance to save our Green Belt. We have organised two public...
Examination in Public Hearings Announced
The Examination in public (EiP) Hearings have been announced by the Planning Inspector, together with an outline of the "matters and...
Preliminary Hearing, 28 Sept 2018
The Planning Inspector will conduct a preliminary hearing into two key issues relating to the proposed revision of the Cherwell Local Plan o

Sleepwalking to Suburbia
On Monday 26 February, after a packed three hour session, Cherwell District Council voted in favour of the controversial Partial Review...

It’s time to demonstrate!
Welcome to BYG’s latest update, we have some important news. On February 26, Cherwell District Council will hold a full meeting of the...

We call on Cherwell councillors to ensure proposed revisions to Local Plan are withdrawn
BYG calls on Cherwell District councillors to ensure the proposed revisions to the Local Plan are withdrawn on the basis that the plan is cl

BYG Response to Cherwell District Council Local Plan Partial Review
The response of the Begbroke and Yarnton Green Belt (BYG) Campaign to the Cherwell District Council Local Plan 2011-2031 (Part 1) Partial Re


Cherwell District Council's plan to develop Green Belt must be withdrawn
Cherwell District Council's plan to develop Green Belt land north of Oxford is unsound and unlawful, says Chairman of the Begbroke &