Summer 2016

• West Oxfordshire submits their Expression of Interest to the Government's Locally-led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities Programme

Winter 2017

• Selection as one of fourteen government sponsored garden villages and towns

Summer 2018

• The Area Action Plan Issues Paper for the OCGV is published for consultation
• The OCGV Area Action Plan Issues Paper consultation concludes
• The Government publishes their Garden Communities prospectus

Autumn 2018

• West Oxfordshire’s local Plan 2031 is adopted
• Specialist evidence on a range of topics is commissioned
• The first Community Forum takes place in Eynsham and works to develop for the garden village

Winter 2018

• The second Community Forum takes place in Eynsham village. The Forum works to develop perceptions of need for various group of people
• Eynsham Parish Council submit the Eynsham Neighbourhood Plan (version 2) for pre-examination consultation.

Winter 2018  / Spring 2019

• The third Community Forum take part in study tours to other garden communities at different stages of completion ('the Good, the Bad, the Ugly') to gather inspiration

Spring 2019

• Specialist reports are developed and submitted to WODC
• The Community Forum examine opportunities and constraints
• The 6-week pre-examination consultation period for the Eynsham
• Neighbourhood Plan concludes. Independent examination to follow
• 'Preferred Options' for the OCGV are generated and tested
• Oxford Brookes Urban Design students present their masterplan proposals to the Community Forum
• Design workshops with the Community Forum are held

Summer 2019

• The ‘Preferred Options’ for the OCGV to be published for consultation

Summer / Autumn 2019

• Comments from the ‘Preferred Options’ consultation are reviewed
• The AAP is refined and submitted to WODC Full Council

Winter 2019/ Spring 2020

• Production of draft Area Action Plan

Summer 2020

• Consultation of draft Area Action Plan (AAP)

Winter 2020/21

• Submission to Planning Inspectorate

Summer 2021

• AAP considered at examination hearing sessions

Autumn/Winter 2021/22

• Additional work carried out by WODC on infrastructure phasing

Summer 2022

• Adoption of AAP and determination of Outline Planning Application

Autumn 2022 onwards

• Delivery phase