Kidlington "Green Ring" Analysis

The following is from our previous representations on the local plan and will be used in the latest consultation.

KDW supports Kidlington Parish Council’s aim to secure a connected ring of green space around the whole edge of Kidlington through the Local Plan Review and to strengthen Kidlington’s distinctive character of a ‘village set in the landscape’. We want the Local Plan 2024 green and blue infrastructure policies to include a commitment to actually create the ‘Kidlington Green Ring’.

This aim will be to an extent constrained by pre-existing development and even more so by the proposals in the LPPR Plan, now that these have been adopted. Taking this into account, we have identified the potential for a green network surrounding the village. Our description follows the edge of the village anti-clockwise from the Banbury Road and the areas discussed are indicated by the letters on the map below.

 We consider that, as described above, there is potential to create a peripheral network of open green space around the village and connected by Rights of Way which could help to achieve the ‘village in the landscape’ aim. Much of this potential is constrained by existing development and decisions which have already been taken.

To the north and north east of the village are two areas (H & J) that provide the best remaining examples of Green Space fulfilling the ‘village in the landscape’ concept. They are within the Green Belt, however we consider that they should be designated as Local Green Space (LGS).