Western Valley: Neighbourhood Area Designation Consultation

Overview

Vale of White Horse district council designated the Western Valley Neighbourhood Area on 1 October 2025. The original application sought designation of the entire parish area. However, due to a mapping error, a small section of the parish was omitted in the designated neighbourhood area.

The district council is therefore undertaking a six-week consultation on a proposal to redesignate the neighbourhood area to include the omitted section. A map showing both the current designated neighbourhood area boundary and the proposed revised neighbourhood area boundary can be viewed.

The consultation will run from 23 June to 11:59pm on 4 August 2026.

This consultation is separated into three sections: 

Part A - Personal details

Part B - Your comments

Part C - Our commitment to equal access for all

Personal data

All personal data will be held securely by the council and examiner in line with the Data Protection Act 2018. Comments submitted by individuals will be published on our website alongside their name. No other contact details will be published. Comments submitted by businesses, organisations or agents will be published in full, excluding identifying information of any individual employees. Further information on how we store personal data is provided in our privacy policy.

Part C is for monitoring purposes only and all questions are optional. The information provided in this section will not be linked to your submission, shared with the independent examiner or outside the council, nor will it be published as part of the consultation results.

If you are happy for the councils to use your personal data and collect any special category data (equality questions) that you choose to provide for this consultation, please click the link in the box below to provide your response. 

Western Valley Area Designation Consultation

Closes 4 Aug 2026

Opened 23 Jun 2026

Areas

  • Didcot West

Audiences

  • Businesses/Organisations
  • General Public
  • Neighbourhood Planning Group
  • Planning - Business/Organisation
  • Planning Agents
  • Town/Parish Councils