Stratfield Brake, Kidlington - land use proposal

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Land use proposal for Stratfield Brake, Kidlington

Oxford United Football Club (OUFC) has asked Oxfordshire County Council, as the landowner, to lease some of the land it owns at Stratfield Brake in Kidlington for a term of 250 years. The club propose to build a new football stadium at the site, subject to planning permission. In addition to the stadium, the club’s proposal includes facilities such as a hotel, retail, conferencing and training and community grounds.

Have your say

Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet would like to hear what you think about whether the County Council, as the landowner, should start formal negotiations with Oxford United Football Club about the lease of this land and if so, which principles should guide any discussions.

Please fill in our online survey by clicking the ‘TAKE SURVEY’ button below.

Background information and documents

We have provided some background information at the start of the survey and encourage you to read this before filling it in.

Further information is in the paper called Land at Stratfield Brake, Kidlington – proposal from Oxford United Football Club to Oxfordshire County Council as landowner, which was discussed at the Cabinet meeting on the 18 January 2022. We would encourage you to read this additional information as well.

This is available under the ‘supporting documents’ section on right side of page.

Next steps

Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet requested that an officer recommendation on whether to proceed with formal negotiations about the lease of land be made to its meeting on 15 March. The outcomes of this engagement exercise and feedback from the exploratory discussions with OUFC will be shared with Cabinet in advance of this meeting.

No decisions have been made yet.

Under the terms of the proposal, if the County Council, as landowner, were to approve the lease of land, planning permission would have to be obtained separately. Oxfordshire County Council would be a statutory consultee in various capacities (such as the highways authority), in any planning application.

Land use proposal for Stratfield Brake, Kidlington

Oxford United Football Club (OUFC) has asked Oxfordshire County Council, as the landowner, to lease some of the land it owns at Stratfield Brake in Kidlington for a term of 250 years. The club propose to build a new football stadium at the site, subject to planning permission. In addition to the stadium, the club’s proposal includes facilities such as a hotel, retail, conferencing and training and community grounds.

Have your say

Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet would like to hear what you think about whether the County Council, as the landowner, should start formal negotiations with Oxford United Football Club about the lease of this land and if so, which principles should guide any discussions.

Please fill in our online survey by clicking the ‘TAKE SURVEY’ button below.

Background information and documents

We have provided some background information at the start of the survey and encourage you to read this before filling it in.

Further information is in the paper called Land at Stratfield Brake, Kidlington – proposal from Oxford United Football Club to Oxfordshire County Council as landowner, which was discussed at the Cabinet meeting on the 18 January 2022. We would encourage you to read this additional information as well.

This is available under the ‘supporting documents’ section on right side of page.

Next steps

Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet requested that an officer recommendation on whether to proceed with formal negotiations about the lease of land be made to its meeting on 15 March. The outcomes of this engagement exercise and feedback from the exploratory discussions with OUFC will be shared with Cabinet in advance of this meeting.

No decisions have been made yet.

Under the terms of the proposal, if the County Council, as landowner, were to approve the lease of land, planning permission would have to be obtained separately. Oxfordshire County Council would be a statutory consultee in various capacities (such as the highways authority), in any planning application.

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    Background information 

    We encourage you to read this important background information before having your say in this survey. 

    Introduction 

    Oxford United Football Club (OUFC) has asked Oxfordshire County Council (OCC), as the landowner, to lease 18 hectares/44.48 acres of land that it owns at Stratfield Brake in Kidlington for a term of 250 years. This request is for the proposed development of a new football stadium, subject to planning permission. In addition to the stadium, the club’s proposal includes facilities such as a hotel, retail, conferencing and training and community grounds.

    Under the terms of the proposal, if the County Council, as landowner, were to approve the lease of land, planning permission would have to be obtained separately. Oxfordshire County Council would be a statutory consultee in various capacities (such as the highways authority), in any planning application.

    About the land

    Oxfordshire County Council purchased part of the land at Stratfield Brake in 1937 to provide a strategic gap between north Oxford and Kidlington. The site is in the Green Belt and is currently leased out to three tenants. These are Cherwell District Council (who in turn sub-lease to Kidlington Parish Council and Water Eaton and Gosford Parish Council), Foxcotte Fencing Limited and The Woodland Trust.

    How the land is currently used 

    • Part of the site is already sports ground. OUFC has proposed that they take responsibility for the cost to replace or mitigate the loss of any community sports facilities at Stratfield Brake should its proposal for development go ahead.
    • Part of the site is currently let on a short-term basis to Foxcotte Fencing Limited, with the council having the ability to break the lease on 12 months’ notice.

    Part of the site is leased to the Woodland Trust. Taking account of the council’s commitment to Access to Nature, one of the Oxfordshire Fair Deal Alliance Cabinet’s nine priorities, the County Council is not prepared to give up its current lease to the Woodland Trust. It is therefore NOT INCLUDED in any discussions whatsoever and is not part of any proposal by OUFC being considered.

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