The North Witney Action Group
The North Witney Action Group (NWAG) exists to scrutinise and respond to development proposals for the North Witney Strategic Development Area to the north of Witney. This site publishes the group's submissions, evidence and news.
Current news
NWAG comments on the WODC Local Plan 2043 consultation (Regulation 19)
8 October 2026
NWAG's response to West Oxfordshire District Council's Regulation 19 consultation on the 2043 Local Plan: without the West End Link, the North Witney SDA is no longer comprehensive development, and the transport evidence used to justify it does not stand up.
The evidence
The development
The North Witney Consortium's proposal for up to 1,400 homes between Woodstock Road, New Yatt Road and Hailey Road, and the traffic, flooding and landscape consequences NWAG highlight.
Flooding
Flood risk around the Hailey Road Drain: extracts from the 2007 Witney Flood Review and the 2020 Section 19 flood investigation, the Consortium's successive drainage proposals, and NWAG's conclusion.
Traffic
West End traffic evidence, WEL2 commitments, and air-quality impacts of the North Witney development.
Landscape
Extracts from WODC's Kirkham Landscape report, which found the farmland around North Witney has high landscape sensitivity and high local and district importance.
Local Plan
What the WODC Local Plan is, why a sustainable and robust plan matters, and NWAG's view that the North Witney SDA is neither sustainable nor robust.
Map of North Witney
Map of the North Witney Strategic Development Area.
Latest news
Planning Portal Comments
NWAG's renewed objection, uploaded to the WODC planning portal on 22 June 2026, arguing the North Witney SDA is not viable without the West End Link and that Active Travel cannot replace it.
Response by NWAG to Questions 11 & 12 of the WODC 2043 Local Plan Consultation
The North Witney Action Group strongly opposes the inclusion of the North Witney Strategic Development Area (NWSDA) in the 2043 Local Plan, citing inadequate funding for necessary infrastructure — particularly the West End Link Road (WEL2) — the developers' failure to fulfil original commitments, and viability assessments showing £91.3m of infrastructure costs.
Petition now stands at 1,775
The petition calling on West Oxfordshire District Council to reconsider the flawed North Witney development has passed 1,775 signatures, well beyond the 1,500 tipping point at which WODC must formally reconsider.