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Land North of The Bourne Public Consultation


This image: a road sign for Hook Norton on a grassy verge. The map: The map has zoomed into Hook Norton, with a dotted line showing the site boundary for the proposals to the northwest of the village. Several nearby facilities to the site are labelled on the map.

The initial consultation is now closed - thank you for your feedback.

Welcome to the public consultation for the development of the land north of The Bourne, Hook Norton.

This interactive website will guide you through the proposals and at the end ask you to complete a brief survey.


info Look out for bronze highlighted text like this - it will indicate interactive features on the map.


We are still in the design phase, and the thoughts of local residents will help us shape the final proposals. The sections below set out our ideas, and your views on this are very important to us.

This consultation closed on 23rd October 2022. We will now use the feedback provided in this consultation to influence future design decisions.




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Site Boundary

The site, local heritage & village character


This image: a classic Oxfordshire signpost in Hook Norton pointing to Chipping Norton and Banbury. The map: The map shows a dotted line around the site boundary, with the Hook Norton Conservation Area highlighted in a pale brown to the south of the site and throughout the village. Several nearby facilities to the site are labelled on the map.

The site is on the northwest edge of Hook Norton. This is about 10 km southwest of Banbury and 6.5 km northeast of Chipping Norton.

Hook Norton has a long history and distinctive character, reflected within the Hook Norton Conservation Area. We want our plans to work with this character to ensure the proposed homes blend into the village.

We aim to complement the village setting and character by ensuring there are open spaces alongside homes.


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Site Boundary
Hook Norton Conservation Area

Our Vision


This image: an architect's impression of how the proposed play area and public open space could look. The map: The map now shows an illustrative masterplan over satellite imagery, with interactive map markers which when clicked on show: architect's impression of how different aspects of the site will look, and text popups with details about the main design principles.

Our vision is to create a high-quality, energy-efficient, and modern development. This will fit naturally into the green and historic character of Hook Norton.

The development will arc around the existing Sports and Social Club on the edge of the village.

A swathe of open space will create new areas for play and recreation. These will link into a connected network of tree-lined streets and ecological corridors.


info Click on the map markers to find out more about our vision and to view illustrative images of our proposals.


A community green at the corner of The Bourne and Clay Bank will form a new Green Junction. This will retain views to and from existing properties.

The proposals allow for the development of up to 75 new homes of mixed type, tenure, and size. Of these homes, 35% would be Affordable Housing. For example, homes for social or affordable rent, starter homes, and shared ownership homes.

The most southern homes will be limited in height to respect the character of existing bungalows along The Bourne. This is in response to existing variation in building height.


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Design Information
Illustrative images of the site

Landscaping and green spaces


This image: an architect's impression of how the informal public open space could look. The map: The map shows an illustrative masterplan over satellite imagery, with interactive map markers which when clicked on show information about the green landscaping, sustainable drainage and public spaces in the site.

We have prepared our designs using a landscape-led approach that balances new residents' needs with those of nature.

All existing trees and hedgerows will be retained within open areas, except for small gaps required for access. New tree planting will soften the borders shared with the wider countryside.


info Click on the map markers to find out more about our proposed landscaping.


New views from the highest point on the site to St. Peter's C of E Church and the village centre will be opened up and celebrated.

There will be a public green space in the centre, with new play facilities for future and existing residents.

The landscaping on the site will use surface water drainage features such as:

  • rain gardens
  • swales
  • porous paving
  • attenuation basins

These will improve the availability of habitats and increase biodiversity.


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Green Landscaping
Sustainable Drainage
Public Spaces

Access and connectivity


This image: an architect's impression showing the view along The Bourne with the proposed site entrance using the current access to the Hook Norton Surgery. The map: The map shows an illustrative masterplan over satellite imagery, and has zoomed out to show the wider village. There are some interactive map markers which when clicked on show more information about vehicle and pedestrian access to the site. There are also indicative walking routes and times to some of the local facilities.

The vehicle entrance to the site will use the existing access to the Hook Norton Surgery car park off The Bourne. Current access to the surgery will remain.

A new pedestrian connection in the southwest corner will connect with the vehicle access. This will run on the north side of the existing hedgerow.

This will provide safe, direct pedestrian links with Clay Bank and the rest of the village to the south. In addition, it will complete a missing link in the existing walking network. This will improve connectivity for the wider community.


info Click on the map markers to find out more about access to the site and zoom in to explore the connections to nearby facilities.


The site is well-connected to existing facilities as shown with the average walking times:

  • 5 minute walk to nearest bus stop
  • 9 minute walk to the Hooky Hub
  • 10 minute walk to the SPAR
  • 12.5 minute walk to the primary school

The street design will draw on the typical characteristics of the village. Irregular, wide grass verges allow space for new tree planting along the primary loop. Courtyard groups will reflect the agricultural history of the village.


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Site Access Information
Average walk times to nearby facilities from centre of the site

Your Thoughts


This image: an illustrative image of a group of people having a friendly discussion. The map: The map shows an illustrative masterplan over satellite imagery, with an interactive map marker in the centre of the site, which when clicked on opens the feedback survey.

The initial consultation is now closed - but comments and suggestions are still welcome.

Thank you for reading about our proposals for the land north of The Bourne, Hook Norton.

Please complete the brief survey below. Your views really matter to us.



The survey will close on 23rd October 2022.

Once you have completed this survey, we will look carefully at all of the feedback. We will then prepare our final design details ahead of a formal planning application.


info Click on the map marker to go to the survey, or click on the bronze button above.


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Link to the Survey

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