Woodstock Community and Infrastructure Delivery Plan

1. Woodstock Community and Infrastructure Delivery Plan June 2019

2. About Community First Oxfordshire • Our mission is ‘to help communities help themselves’ • Help communities to identify issues that affect them and to find their own solutions • Increase participation in community activities and local democratic processes • Achieve improved provision of local services and facilities • Empower everyone in communities on an equal and inclusive basis

3. The Aims of Today’s Event • Plan overview • What’s happened so far • Community survey results • Q+A • 25 minutes • Next steps presentations. Taking forward the conversation about: • Community projects • Housing sites + infrastructure • 20 minutes • Workshops/ discussions about next steps • 75 minutes

5. The Community and Infrastructure Delivery Plan • Talking to the community about the current and future needs of the town • NEW HOUSING • Making development best work for Woodstock • New/ improved infrastructure • COMMUNITY • Building on all that’s going on • Looking into new initiatives • Coming together to solve common problems

7. What’s happened so far…. • 3.5 months into a year-long process • 5 launch events: 200 + attendees • Consultation with 50+ groups • Engagement with businesses ongoing • Community survey: 500+ responses • And more consultation to come….

8. The Community Survey – April 2019 • One consultation method among others • Helps establish priorities • Community-type issues are important to people as well as more development-specific concerns

9. Understanding the survey results • Rate your answers on a scale of 1-5 • 1= not important at all (not a priority) and 5= most important (top priority). • E.G: an average score of 4.2 indicates most see this being at the upper end of importance

18. Questions

19. All this information…. how can we best deal with it….. • Housing site specific • ‘Big ticket’ infrastructure • More community-focused initiatives + ideas

20. Next Steps in the Plan… • Planning the new sites – community involvement • ‘Big Ticket’ Infrastructure – exploring the options • Community projects– taking ideas forward and developing an action plan

21. Helping to masterplan sites in Woodstock

22. The Survey Said… • What are the most important considerations regarding the allocated or potential housing development sites?

23. What now? • A masterplan is being prepared for two sites in Woodstock • It will take into account the results of the community wide survey • There will also be some opportunity to provide further input

24. What is a Masterplan? • A masterplan sets out the design and layout of a site within its context: it forms part of a proposal for how an area of land is developed or changed. There is a lot of guidance out there about how to create a good masterplan; about the process that should be followed and what should be considered. • Many agree that involving the local community in the design process makes a more successful masterplan for everyone.

25. How to be involved… We will hold workshops where we discuss and comment on various themes considered in the masterplaning of a site e.g.: • Climate change • Considering biodiversity in design • The overall aesthetic • Connectivity throughout the site • Location/distribution of greenspace and buildings • Landscaping The information from these discussions would then be used to inform the overall masterplan of the site with a view to adding an important ‘community touch’ to potential new development in Woodstock. There may also be an opportunity to workshop with the consultant masterplanners at some stage.

26. So…would you like to be involved? • We particularly welcome those with creative flair; knowledge/interest in urban design and placemaking; a love of ecology/nature; people aged 16-30 and parents with school age children • If you are interested to know more or get involved, please come to the masterplanning workshop after these talks or express an interest on the sign up sheet.

27. Discussing infrastructure priorities

28. The Survey said…. What do you think are the main impacts of the allocated or potential housing development sites on Woodstock as a whole?

29. How could new development contribute to new/ improved infrastructure? Section 106 Agreements are negotiated between local councils and the developer and used by local councils to require developers to pay for projects to help manage the impact of developments. The most common obligations include: Public Open Space; Affordable Housing; Education; Highways; Town centre improvements; Health; Police; Public art Some Local Planning Authorities have also introduced a CIL levy on new development that is generally a charge linked to the floorspace.

30. What about the Woodstock housing sites? There are some infrastructure requirements that can be directly designed into new developments themselves (footpaths, recreation facilities, green corridors etc.). However, the s.106 process itself happens during the planning application stage of a development. At present, planning applications have NOT been worked up on Hill Rise or north of Banbury Road. However, Blenheim has appointed consultants to work with them on this (including Woodstock SE should the site be confirmed in the Cherwell Plan).

31. How can you be involved?

32. What your young people say… • A group that works together to make their community a better place • Where people work together towards a goal that will benefit everyone • When people work together to create a certain environment • Where people support and help each other, community means coming together as one What does ‘community’ mean to you?

33. Coming Together To… • Build on all that’s going on • Look into new initiatives • Come together to solve common problems • Put ideas into practice

34. Community Conversation Celebrating what’s good aboutWoodstock’s Community Life… • 75+ social action, interest groups and organisations • 54 businesses and home workers • 1400 + regular participants in groups, activities • 20 + groups for older people • 5 groups for young people • 13 sporting groups

35. From good to better…. Common challenges… • Pressure on time • Governance issues • Getting more people involved • How to work better with other groups • Funding

36. There’s lots more people want to see happen… A range of ideas and projects that people want to take forward…. Environment • Encourage alternative energy installations • Improved community woodland • More trees, wildlife planting • Improved access to countryside

37. And more… NEW FACILITIES • Develop library as a community hub • Improve and extend play areas RETAIL + ENTERPRISE • Promotion for town enterprise/businesses • Campaign to make Woodstock a ‘foodie’ destination • Address commercial viability of Woodstock via a ‘summit’ of stakeholders

38. And more! NEW COMMUNITY GROUPS • New organisations – lots of ideas…. • Promote healthy walks and walking groups • Encourage (campaign for) younger people to join clubs ROAD SAFETY • 20mph zone • Traffic calming

39. What’s needed to put all these ideas into action? • Build on what’s already happening • Build new relationships to solve common problems • Set up working groups to make these things happen • Develop an action plan CFO can support and help….

40. First steps – today’s workshop • Talk to each other: shared interests, concerns and ideas • Explore solutions: common issues specific to social action and interest groups • Identify potential projects and leaders: what and who?

41. And after today? • Keep the momentum going • Come together again • Invite others • Put a structure in place to make make things happen Again, CFO can support and help….

42. What your young people say is important to them… • Working together in groups to make the community a better place • Working together towards a goal that will benefit everyone • Working together to create a certain environment • Supporting and helping each other, coming together as one…

43. Comment anytime…woodstockplan@communityfirstoxon.org