Providing effectively managed meadow wildflowers in our verges will provide a healthy ecosystem. Healthy environments for the grass and flowers to flourish can be home to many species of wildflowers, which in turn supports other wildlife. Common bird’s-foot trefoil for example is a food plant for 160 species of insects, which in turn support mammals… Continue reading Converge On The Verge: A Celebration Of Nethercote Verges
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Local Green Space – Why Banbury Lane in Nethercote
NETHERCOTE NEEDS YOUR HELP PLEASE! Our proposal for Nethercote to be designated as a Local Green Space has been rejected due to the area being too vast. We have therefore put together a revised proposition, proposing Banbury Lane in Nethercote to be afforded the designation. This is in keeping with the feedback and other designations… Continue reading Local Green Space – Why Banbury Lane in Nethercote
What Is Happening At Nethercote?
It is now a year since Nethercote residents learned that developers had submitted speculative proposals to turn the rural areas of Huscote Farm and the rural hamlet of Nethercote into industrial estates, as part of the Local Plan Review 2040 for Cherwell District Council. Local residents have been overwhelmed by the support to preserve the… Continue reading What Is Happening At Nethercote?
Webinar on Bioblitzing
If there is green space that you love, whether there’s an imminent threat or not, recording the biodiversity is critical to help preserve it and will also aid research by experts in the various species that make up your local ecosystems! Wildlife conservation relies on data. Knowing where particular species are, where they have been… Continue reading Webinar on Bioblitzing
Huscote Bioblitz
You can help to create official data for the area of Huscote by observing and reporting on what you see, even if you’re not sure what it is! This is simple and easy to do, you can spend as much time as you wish and concentrate on the wildlife, habitats and plants that are of… Continue reading Huscote Bioblitz
Banbury LCWIP Consultation Open Until 19th June 2022
Oxfordshire County Council and Cherwell District Council are developing a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Banbury and they want to know what YOU think and any thoughts you have on their ideas as well as any other ideas that you have The Keep Nethercote Rural campaign are pleased to see a proposal… Continue reading Banbury LCWIP Consultation Open Until 19th June 2022
Screening Opinion Planning Application Submitted to Councils – How To Get Involved
As part of Cherwell District Council Local Plan Review 2040 Call For Sites, speculative proposals were submitted for the areas of both Nethercote and Huscote, these proposals would in effect see both areas concreted over and turned into Industrial Estates, creating a warehouse corridor as you drive up the A422 towards Middleton Cheney. Neither of… Continue reading Screening Opinion Planning Application Submitted to Councils – How To Get Involved
Petition To Keep Nethercote Rural Reaches 1000 Signatures!
Our petition urging Cherwell District Council to provide conservation protection for the rural hamlet of Nethercote in Banbury has already gained more than 1000 signatures As part of their local plan review 2040, Cherwell District Council put out a “call for sites” to which a developer submitted a speculative proposal to use the area of… Continue reading Petition To Keep Nethercote Rural Reaches 1000 Signatures!
Petition Passes 500 Supporters! Thank you!
Residents and supporters of the small Banbury hamlet of Nethercote are overwhelmed with the support that has been received for this pretty, rural hamlet, home to much wildlife and source of tranquil countryside that is enjoyed by residents, dog walkers and hikers alike . The petition calls for conservation protection against development and commitment to… Continue reading Petition Passes 500 Supporters! Thank you!
Just What Does The Future Hold For Nethercote
Nethercote is a hamlet on the edge of North Oxfordshire, a rural area bordering with West Northamptonshire. The hamlet sits South East of J11 of M40, predominantly agricultural land used for grazing, a single-track road runs right through the hamlet, known as Banbury Lane, which has around a dozen residential properties along the lane. As… Continue reading Just What Does The Future Hold For Nethercote