Report

Background

The construction of housing developments at North Witney and East Witney will complete an expansion of the town that was planned some 40 or 50 years ago. When growth and expansion in Oxford created the need for towns like Bicester, Witney, Eynsham and Carterton to make allowance for significant additional housing, the planners in Witney developed a long-term strategy that included perimeter roads around the town, funded by the major housing developments. As each housing project proceeded, another section of perimeter road was added. This approach eased the traffic flow around Witney and reduced movements through the centre of town. The only elements of the perimeter roads that remain to be constructed are the West End Link, the Northern Distributor Road, and the west-facing slip roads onto the A40 at Shores Green.