Banbury Lane

“Banbury Market was second only to Chicago in size by 1920, but before the railways it was small.   I’ve been told that Deddington, a village three miles away on the Oxford Road, was busier.  The king of the Midland markets in droving days was Northampton, busier than Rugby and even Leicester: at any one time… Continue reading Banbury Lane

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!