Consultation Draft February 2014

Town and Village Facilities Study

(Update February 2014)

Local Plan 2031Part 1

Strategic Sitesand Policies

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Contents Introduction.................................................................................... 3 Policy Background ........................................................................ 3 Role of the Town and Village Facilities Study............................. 4 Methodology .................................................................................. 4 Results and Conclusions.............................................................. 5 Appendix 1: Facility scoring system ........................................... 8 Appendix 2: Assessment of town and village facilities 2014... 11 Appendix 3: Changes from last update (March 2013) .............. 15 Appendix 4: Settlement proformas (separate)………………….. 17

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INTRODUCTION

1.1. This study collates information on the services and facilities available in the various settlements across the district. This information is used to assess the relative sustainability of market towns, local service centres, villages and hamlets to produce a hierarchy of settlements for Local Plan 2031 policy-making purposes.

1.2. This update provides an opportunity to expand the hierarchy to include the

larger settlements of Abingdon-on-Thames, Wantage, Faringdon, Grove and Botley. The scoring system for facilities has been expanded to provide a clearer and more comprehensive review of each settlement. The proforma for each settlement (see Appendix 4) provides a clear breakdown of the scoring associated with each facility and allows for greater transparency in our approach.

1.3. This update has informed the preparation of the February 2014 local plan

consultation (Housing Delivery Update)1 and will inform the final draft plan we will publish in mid 2014. The nature of local facilities is ever changing and this document provides a basis for local neighbourhoods, parish councils and stakeholders to respond on any inaccuracies in the information to inform the final draft local plan.

POLICY BACKGROUND

National policy 1.4. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that planning should

‘proactively drive and support sustainable economic development to deliver the homes, business and industrial units, infrastructure and thriving local places that the country needs’. It goes on to state that planning should ‘take account of the different roles and character of different areas, promoting the vitality of our main urban areas, protecting the Green Belts around them, recognising the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside and supporting thriving rural communities within it.’2

1.5. The NPPF states that ‘in rural areas, housing should be located where it will

enhance or maintain the vitality of rural communities. For example, where there are groups of smaller settlements, development in one village may support services in a village nearby’3.

1 http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/localplanpartone 2 Paragraph 17 3 Paragraph 55

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ROLE OF THE TOWN AND VILLAGE FACILITIES STUDY

1.6. The new Vale local plan (Local Plan 2031 Part 1: Strategic Sites and Policies) identifies sites suitable for new housing development. It is important these sites are selected, in part, by the suitability of their locations to offer a range of community facilities, with good access to jobs, key services, and infrastructure. In addition to this, we must consider the accessibility of new housing to jobs, shops and services by transport modes other than the car.

1.7. Core Policy 2 of the draft local plan we published in February 2013 proposes a

settlement hierarchy for the district. It identifies and classifies settlements within the Vale of White Horse and sets out how future development will be determined in accordance to their role and function

1.8. The spatial strategy, set out in our draft local plan, proposes how new

development will be distributed across the district. This is informed by the settlement hierarchy and relates to different types of settlement and their suitability to accommodate development.

1.9. This Town and Village Facilities Study updates our evidence base to inform our

classification of market towns, local service centres, ‘larger’ and ‘smaller’ villages set out in our proposed settlement hierarchy .

1.10. The classification is based on the availability of, or access to, facilities and

services, for individual settlements to indicate their relative sustainability as locations for some development. Our approach for assessing settlements uses a wider range of indicators than that used to inform the currently adopted Local Plan 2011 to improve our assessment of relative sustainability.

METHODOLOGY

1.11. This update is based upon existing data provided from previous studies, including information supplied from parish councils in 2011 and 2012. In February 2013 we consulted on a draft local plan document. The responses we received to this consultation have informed this update and have led to some changes in the facilities we have recorded for a number of settlements.

1.12. Desktop research has also been undertaken to inform this update and has

resulted in new facilities being added to our records for a number of settlements.

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The Scoring System 1.13. A scoring system has been devised to rank settlements within the district

according to the level of services and facilities they have available. This is set out in Appendix 1.

1.14. The scoring is based on the relative importance of each facility, in that some

services are more essential and used more frequently than others. For example, a primary school or a supermarket selling a good range of food are important facilities that reduce the need to travel by car and support the vitality of the local community. Other facilities such as a village hall or a recreation ground add to diversity and help build communities. Such facilities do not score so highly because they do not contribute as significantly to people’s day to day needs and therefore the sustainability of the village.

1.15. Where a facility can be found within the built up area of the settlement, points

are scored irrespective of the exact location of the facility. Where an adjacent settlement can make use of a facility i.e. it is within walking or cycling distance, that settlement can also score points for that particular service. For example, West Hanney scores points for having access to a primary school even though the school is located in East Hanney. Furthermore, some facilities are located quite a distance from any settlement but could still count if within walking or cycling distance. For example, the Snooty Fox Inn is located on the main road by-passing Littleworth but because the pub is within 400m of the village, it counts for scoring purposes.

1.16. Distance from facilities is taken into account, as set out in Appendix 1. The

distances used are measured along roads (and where appropriate, public transport routes such as train lines) based on guidelines provided by Barton, Davis and Guise in their book entitled ‘Sustainable Settlements: A Guide for Planners, Designers and Developers’ (1995).

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

1.17. Table 1 shows the settlement hierarchy based on the evidence collected. Settlements with lower scores are not classified, and will be treated as part of the open countryside for planning policy purposes. Settlements washed over by Green Belt designation are now included in the hierarchy. These settlements remain constrained by current local plan policies relating to this designation.

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Table 1: Settlement hierarchy

Market Towns Local Service Centres

Abingdon Grove

Wantage Botley GREEN BELT

Faringdon

Larger Villages

Blewbury Marcham

Cumnor GREEN BELT Milton

Drayton Radley GREEN BELT

East Challow Shrivenham

East Hanney Stanford in the Vale

East Hendred Steventon

Harwell Sutton Courtenay

Harwell Oxford Campus* Uffington

Kennington GREEN BELT Watchfield

Kingston Baguize with Southmoor Wootton GREEN BELT

Smaller Villages

Appleford North Hinksey GREEN BELT

Appleton GREEN BELT Rowstock

Ardington Shellingford

Ashbury Shippon GREEN BELT

Buckland South Hinksey GREEN BELT

Childrey Sunningwell GREEN BELT

Chilton Upton

Coleshill West Hanney

Dry Sandford GREEN BELT West Hendred

Farmoor Wytham GREEN BELT

Frilford

Great Coxwell

Kingston Lisle

*Harwell Oxford Campus has facilities and services equivalent to a large village

Letcombe Regis

Little Coxwell

Littleworth

GREEN BELT denotes settlements which are inset to the Green Belt designation.

Longcot

Longworth

Milton Heights

GREEN BELT denotes settlements which are washed over by the Green Belt designation.

1.18. Appendix 2 shows the scores for all settlements assessed. Appendix 3 ranks

the settlements and compares the score of our previous update from March 2013. For comparative purposes the 2007 score has been colour coded to reflect the policies in Local Plan 2011. The 2011 scores are colour coded to

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reflect the category in which they appear in the consultation draft of Local Plan 2031 Part 1 which was published in February 2013.

1.19. Proformas containing further detail on the scoring and facilities of each

settlement can be found in Appendix 4, which is separate to this document.

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APPENDIX 1: FACILITY SCORING SYSTEM

Explanation Score

Education

Primary School within 600m (Max 6pts) 3

Secondary School/Middle School within 600m (Max 6pts) 3

Further Education within 600m (Max 3pts) 3

Shops

Local Shop 1pt per shop. Village shop; Butchers; Newsagents; Food store; Bakers; (MAX 5pt) 1

Petrol Station Small shop Large shop

1 3

Supermarket 3

Retail Study Scoring (scoring for larger settlements)

Up to 10 units For each additional 20 units

6 +1

Places of Worship

Churches/Other buildings of worship 3+ 2

Churches/Other buildings of worship 1 or 2 1

Catering

Pubs/Restaurants 6+ 3

Pubs/Restaurants 3 to 5 2

Pubs/Restaurants 1 to 2 1

Financial Services

Post Office Within 800m (Max 2pts) 1

Bank/Building Society 1-3 of major banks/build.socs. 1

Bank/Building Society 4+ of major banks/build.socs. 2

Health

Medical Centres (Doctors/Dentists) Within 1km (<8 sessions/wk) 1

Medical Centres (Doctors/Dentists) Within 1km (8+ sessions/wk) 2

Hospitals and A&E Departments 4

Community

Village Hall Within 1km 1

Library Permanent 2

Library Visiting/Mobile 1

Preschool/Day nursery (all year)/ Nursery (County council)/Crèche (all year)

Within 800m (Max 1pt) 2 or more of any listed 1

Spatial/Transport

Main settlement for employment Contains 2 or more employment sites within or on the edge of (<1.5km) the settlement

4

Proximity to employment sites Within 1.5km 2

Proximity to employment sites Within 5km 1

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Proximity to main settlement Within 5km 1

Bus services Hourly service to 2 or more main centres Hourly service to 1 main centre Daily service to at least one 1 main centre Bus route must be within 400m of village

3 2 1

Rail services Hourly service to 2 or more main centres Hourly service to 1 main centre Daily service to at least 1 main centre

3 2 1

Recreation

Leisure Centres/Sports halls/Swimming pools Local authority owned/funded 2

Open recreation park/equipped play area Within 400m 1

Sports recreation area Within 800m 1

The scoring system for this study has been expanded and slightly amended to provide a more detailed assessment of the facilities available in the district. It also allows for the study to expand and include the market towns and local services of the district. The table below goes through what has been amended or added to the scoring list and the justification for their inclusion.

Facility New/Amended Score Justification

Secondary School/Middle School

New – Scored the same as other educational facilities.

Important educational facilities predominantly located within larger settlements.

Further Education New – Scored the same as other educational facilities.

Important educational facilities predominantly located within larger settlements.

Hospital and A&E Departments

New – 4 points due to increased specialist treatment over GPs /medical centres.

Important health facility predominantly located within larger settlements.

Petrol station (small/ large shops)

New – Scored the same as local shops /supermarkets

Shops within petrol stations can offer goods in a similar manner to local village shops and/or supermarkets. No points are scored if a petrol station does not contain this day-to-day retail offering.

Retail Study scoring New – Allocates a score for the retail offering within larger settlements. Up to ten units = 6 points For each additional 20 units = +1 point

This is only used to allocate a score for shops in larger settlements. The retail study identifies the total number of convenience and comparison retail units

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within the market towns and local services centres.

Pubs/Restaurants/Cafés/ Takeaways

Amendment – 2 points scored if settlement has between three and five of these facilities. 3 points are scored if a settlement contains six or more.

This is to allow for more accurate scoring of larger settlements which can contain a much more diverse range of choice available to the immediate population. Larger settlements include figures taken from the Retail Study.

Post Office Amendment – Scores the same but moved from ‘shops’ to ‘financial services’.

This is to clarify that the services offered by a post office differ from those of typical day-to-day shops. Where a post office exists within a local shop or supermarket, they are scored separately as they offer two separate services to the locality.

Banks/Building Society New – One point if settlement contains up to three major banks/building societies. 2 points if 4 or more exist as it offers the immediate population greater flexibility and choice.

Important financial services, predominantly located within larger settlements.

Preschool/Day nursery/ Nursery/Creche

New – Scores 1 point if two or more of these facilities exist within the settlement.

Opportunity to provide care for young children in the locality. Only scores if there is more than one facility in the settlement, allowing for flexibility and choice.

Leisure centres/Sports Halls/Swimming pools

New – Scores 2 points as it offers increased health benefits for all ages.

Important recreational facility predominantly located within larger settlements.

Main settlement for employment

New – scores 4 points due to importance of location as a centre for employment.

Important that there is a diverse range of employment opportunities in the immediate vicinity of the settlement. This has been introduced to better reflect the nature of larger settlements as good centres of employment.

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APPENDIX 2: ASSESSMENT OF TOWN AND VILLAGE FACILITIES 2014

Education Shops Wors-hip

Cater-ing Financial Health Community Spatial/Transport Recreation

Settlement

Primary

School

Middle/

Secondary

School

Further

Education

Supermarket

Local Shop

Petrol

Station shop

Retail Study

Score

Places of

Worship

Food

/Drinks

Outlets

Post Office

Bank/

Building

Society

Medical

Centre

Hospital

Library

Village

Hall/Comm

Centre

Preschool

/Nursery

/Creche

Bus Service

Rail Service

Proximity to

Employment

site

Proximity to

main

Settlement

Rec. Park/

Sports Rec.

area

Leisure

Centre, etc.

Total

Abingdon 6 6 3 0 0 0 12 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 59

Appleford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 7

Appleton 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11

Ardington 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 13

Ashbury 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.5

Baulking 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3

Bayworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

Besselsleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 6

Blewbury 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 16

Boars Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4

Botley 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 4 0 2 0 34

Bourton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5

Buckland 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11

Buscot 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6

Carswell Marsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Charney Bassett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6

Childrey 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 13

Chilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 8

Coleshill 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 9

Compton Beauchamp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Cothill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4

Cumnor 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 17

Denchworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5

Drayton 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 20

Dry Sandford 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8

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Education Shops Wors-hip

Cater-ing Financial Health Community Spatial/Transport Recreation

Settlement

Primary

School

Middle/

Secondary

School

Further

Education

Supermarket

Local Shop

Petrol

Station shop

Retail Study

Score

Places of

Worship

Food

/Drinks

Outlets

Post Office

Bank/

Building

Society

Medical

Centre

Hospital

Library

Village

Hall/Comm

Centre

Preschool

/Nursery

/Creche

Bus Service

Rail Service

Proximity to

Employment

site

Proximity to

main

Settlement

Rec. Park/

Sports Rec.

area

Leisure

Centre, etc.

Total

East Challow 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 14

East Hanney 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 14

East Hendred 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 16

Eaton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 4

Eaton Hastings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Faringdon 6 3 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 1 1 4 0 2 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 42

Farmoor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 11

Fernham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6

Frilford 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 10

Fyfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 6

Garford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

Ginge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

Goosey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

Gozzards Ford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4

Great Coxwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 8

Grove 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 4 0 2 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 35

Harwell 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 15

Hatford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3

Hinton Waldrist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

Idstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Kennington 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 27

Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 17

Kingston Lisle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 7

Kingstone Winslow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Letcombe Bassett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5

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Education Shops Wors-hip

Cater-ing Financial Health Community Spatial/Transport Recreation

Settlement

Primary

School

Middle/

Secondary

School

Further

Education

Supermarket

Local Shop

Petrol

Station shop

Retail Study

Score

Places of

Worship

Food

/Drinks

Outlets

Post Office

Bank/

Building

Society

Medical

Centre

Hospital

Library

Village

Hall/Comm

Centre

Preschool

/Nursery

/Creche

Bus Service

Rail Service

Proximity to

Employment

site

Proximity to

main

Settlement

Rec. Park/

Sports Rec.

area

Leisure

Centre, etc.

Total

Letcombe Regis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 9

Little Coxwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 9

Littleworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 9

Lockinge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4

Longcot 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10

Longworth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10

Lyford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Marcham 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 2 0 15

Milton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 16

Milton Heights 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 10

Netherton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2

North Hinksey 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7

Pusey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Radley 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 1 1 2 0 19

Rowstock 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 7

Shellingford 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8

Shippon 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 13

Shrivenham 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 27

South Hinksey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 9

Sparsholt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

Stanford in the Vale 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 15

Steventon 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 20

Sunningwell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 12

Sutton Courtenay 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 21

Tubney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4

Uffington 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 14

Upton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 9

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Education Shops Wors-hip

Cater-ing Financial Health Community Spatial/Transport Recreation

Settlement

Primary

School

Middle/

Secondary

School

Further

Education

Supermarket

Local Shop

Petrol

Station shop

Retail Study

Score

Places of

Worship

Food

/Drinks

Outlets

Post Office

Bank/

Building

Society

Medical

Centre

Hospital

Library

Village

Hall/Comm

Centre

Preschool

/Nursery

/Creche

Bus Service

Rail Service

Proximity to

Employment

site

Proximity to

main

Settlement

Rec. Park/

Sports Rec.

area

Leisure

Centre, etc.

Total

Wantage 6 3 0 0 0 0 10 2 3 2 2 4 4 2 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 51

Watchfield 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 20

West Challow 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5

West Hanney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7

West Hendred 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 9

Woolstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4

Wootton 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 24

Wytham 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 10

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APPENDIX 3: CHANGES FROM LAST UPDATE (MARCH 2013)

Settlement Total March ‘13 Score Changes

Abingdon 59 Added to study

Wantage 51 Added to study

Faringdon 42 Added to study

Grove 35 Added to study

Botley 34 Added to study

Kennington 27 25 Post office separated from shops; Child care facilities

Shrivenham 27 23

Places of worship >3; Child care facilities; Post office separated from shops; Banks/building societies added;

Wootton 24 23 Post office separate from shops

Sutton Courtenay 21 21

Drayton 20 20

Steventon 20 19 Child care facilities

Watchfield 20 19 Child care facilities

Radley 19 19

Cumnor 17 17

Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor 17 18

No medical facilities present

Blewbury 16 16

East Hendred 16 16

Milton 16 15

Facilities comparable to village hall present. Can be rented to local community.

Harwell 15 15

Marcham 15 14 Child care facilities

Stanford in the Vale 15 19 Loss of pharmacy, day-to-day shop, public houses and medical facilities

East Challow 14 14

East Hanney 14 14

Uffington 14 14

Ardington 13 13

Childrey 13 13

Shippon 13 14 Lost of day-to-day shop.

Appleton 11 12 Only one public house

Sunningwell 12 12

Buckland 11 11

Farmoor 11 12 Only one day-to-day shop.

Frilford 10 10

Longcot 10 10

Longworth 10 10

Milton Heights 10 10

Ashbury 9.5 9 Limited post office services now separated from shops.

Coleshill 9 9

Letcombe Regis 9 10 Loss of place of worship

Little Coxwell 9 9

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Littleworth 9 9

South Hinksey 9 9

Upton 9 9

West Hendred 9 9

Wytham 10 9 Local shop added

Chilton 8 8

Dry Sandford 8 7

The village hall in Wootton is also in active use by the people of Dry Sandford

Great Coxwell 8 8

Shellingford 8 8

Appleford 7 6

Upgraded to small village. Within 5km of employment site (Culham science centre)

Kingston Lisle 7 7

North Hinksey 7 7

Rowstock 7 7

West Hanney 7 7

Besselsleigh 6 6

Buscot 6 6

Charney Bassett 6 7 Downgraded to open countryside. Post office closed.

Fernham 6 6

Fyfield 6 6

Bourton 5 5

Denchworth 5 5

Letcombe Bassett 5 5

West Challow 5 4 Shop at petrol station.

Boars Hill 4 4

Cothill 4 4

Eaton 4 4

Garford 4 4

Gozzards Ford 4 4

Hinton Waldrist 4 4

Lockinge 4 4

Sparsholt 4 4

Tubney 4 4

Woolstone 4 4

Baulking 3 3

Hatford 3 3

Bayworth 2 2

Goosey 2 2

Netherton 2 2

Compton Beauchamp 1 1

Eaton Hastings 1 1

Ginge 1 1

Idstone 1 1

Lyford 1 1

Pusey 1 1

Carswell Marsh 0 0

Kingstone Winslow 0 0

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