Welcoming the opportunity for the West End and Osney Mead SPD

Oxford is evolving in the face of challenges and opportunities, facing the future with confidence and working to enable positive change within the city.  Having an SPD (Supplementary Planning Document) for the West End and Osney Mead that creates a clear framework for future development is welcome. 

The regeneration of Oxpens has significant potential and will contribute to making Oxford an even better place.  For us to be able to play a part in enabling a wider vision and everything that could be achieved through an SPD is exciting and we look forward to seeing how the SPD proposals move forward.

Oxford City Council has been consulting on the SPD this summer, with the consultation closing today (17 August 2022).  Our hope for Oxpens is that our site can now come forward with the benefit of even better coordination and integration with other sites across the West End.

The SPD will establish a framework that benefits everyone.  Crucially, it will help Oxpens and the other pieces of the West End jigsaw to progress in a way that delivers on homes, jobs, high-quality public space, and the challenges of addressing the climate emergency.

We have submitted a formal response to the consultation to welcome this framework, and we look forward to the City Council moving forward with the SPD. 

More on the SPD at: https://www.oxford.gov.uk/news/article/2217/council_invites_views_on_latest_stage_of_major_transformation_of_oxford_west_end_and_osney_mead