‘What was the point of the Neighbourhood Plan?’

Dear Editor,
I have a glossy leaflet from South Oxfordshire District Council titled ‘Local Plan 2031’. Referring to Neighbourhood Planning Areas it includes the words ‘….in order to provide the levels of growth we need, and to be fair to all communities in the district, we may be required to consider increasing the amounts of housing provided in neighbourhood plan areas, as well as in other areas not covered by or preparing neighbourhood plans.’

So what was the point of all the effort and time we all spent in Thame on agreeing a Neighbourhood Plan?

A cynic might have expected something like this. And a cynic would have been right. I wonder what those who serve our community at all levels of Government think about this development.

Norman Brand

Thame