Protect the Windrush Valley: Stop Development on Burford Road Witney Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/protect-the-windrush-valley-stop-development-on-burford-road-witney.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:43 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Jeremy Daymond [Signature #1335] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21557032?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:52:24 UTC 21557032 Mr John Castellain [Signature #1334] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21004821?utm_medium=rss I am a former resident and British citizen and shocked this is happening to my old childhood town.I visited in 2013 and 2015 and noticed that Emma's Dyke had also been 'piped' underground and residents did,nt know why there is a street called Queen Emma's Dyke there. I believe as a tributary to the Windrush this contributed to flooding as originally the waterway was a medieval drainage ditch that used to flood in the nineteen sixties and seventies.This latest move of the proposed building project will vastly increase the chance of flooding in Witney and contrary to helping the homeless will simply be sold to wealthy London commuters.There are common law right of ways which will be lost as well, like so many once public access pathways in and around the Windrush and Thames Rivers.Do not allow this wanton destruction of such a beautiful natural resource that deserves to be accessible to all, rich and poor.

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2017 10:17:33 UTC 21004821 Mrs. Pauline Hayton [Signature #1333] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20969768?utm_medium=rss Where is the increase of traffic going to go, Witney especially Burford road already gets congested as well as the A40. Is there a lot of working people actually working in Witney that need to be housed in Witney? I am sure there is plenty of housing in Carterton which is very close. Could you also let me know why someone thinks it is sensible to build houses on Woodford Way car park when it is always full. Where are these cars supposed to park!!?

]]> Sun, 8 Jan 2017 08:45:22 UTC 20969768 Mrs Marilyn Obrien [Signature #1332] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20770900?utm_medium=rss Please preserve our beautiful valley and green spaces.

]]> Sat, 8 Oct 2016 05:31:06 UTC 20770900 Mr Gavin Hageman [Signature #1331] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20236553?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:29:04 UTC 20236553 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1330] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20074841?utm_medium=rss This will increase traffic substantially along the single road into Witney near where I live.

]]> Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:11:18 UTC 20074841 Dr Gareth Preston [Signature #1329] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20035009?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Jun 2016 03:52:13 UTC 20035009 mr William Maddocks [Signature #1328] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19591009?utm_medium=rss The proposed development should not be allowed for ALL the reasons above. Furthermore Bridge Street pollution levels already exceed EU permitted levels and any Council endorsing a rise in pollution could be liable to severe financial penalties. The development would also increase risk of flooding downstream to which affected residents and business' may wish to hold the developers accountable.

]]> Sat, 9 Jan 2016 09:19:55 UTC 19591009 Mr Jeremy Dennis [Signature #1327] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19590738?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Jan 2016 02:18:33 UTC 19590738 Mr Brian Wood [Signature #1326] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19578765?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Jan 2016 07:03:40 UTC 19578765 Mr Mark Loveday [Signature #1325] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19574470?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Dec 2015 06:56:17 UTC 19574470 mr barrie atkinson [Signature #1324] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19518926?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2015 01:24:28 UTC 19518926 M Alison thomas [Signature #1323] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18926838?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 May 2015 03:42:27 UTC 18926838 Mrs Wendy Dixey [Signature #1322] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18867327?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 May 2015 09:31:38 UTC 18867327 Mr Laurence Dixey [Signature #1321] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18867319?utm_medium=rss I've lived in Springfield Park since the mid 60s, the local bus struggles to pass the existing cars without the addition of mass new homes, with Springfield Park being the only already limited access point.

]]> Sun, 10 May 2015 09:29:51 UTC 18867319 Ms Charmaine Dixey [Signature #1320] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18867316?utm_medium=rss This is one of few public, beautiful, riverside areas left in Witney and should remain protected.

]]> Sun, 10 May 2015 09:27:39 UTC 18867316 Ms Sue Edwards [Signature #1319] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18854708?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 May 2015 12:08:50 UTC 18854708 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1318] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18803446?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Apr 2015 06:54:41 UTC 18803446 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1317] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18803442?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Apr 2015 06:51:33 UTC 18803442 Anonymous [Signature #1316] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18772081?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Apr 2015 02:11:55 UTC 18772081 Mr David Ashbourne [Signature #1315] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18771711?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:19:14 UTC 18771711 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1314] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18769207?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:44:54 UTC 18769207 Mr Anonymous [Signature #1313] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18764957?utm_medium=rss Development of this land will ruin the only view over the Wndrush Valley in Witney and is totally unnecessary as there are already sufficient sites already designated for future development.

]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:52:47 UTC 18764957 Mr Craig Brown [Signature #1312] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18760391?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:02:51 UTC 18760391 Jean Phelan [Signature #1311] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18755715?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:31:10 UTC 18755715 mr KENNETH FORSTER [Signature #1310] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18754659?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Apr 2015 05:49:39 UTC 18754659 Dr Judith Thomas [Signature #1309] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18751796?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2015 06:16:27 UTC 18751796 Mr Andrew Best [Signature #1308] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18751188?utm_medium=rss Please stop this development for the wellbeing of the whole town and its wildlife. This would be an absolute travesty if it went ahead.

]]> Mon, 13 Apr 2015 04:50:37 UTC 18751188 Mr Patrick Smith [Signature #1307] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18750650?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2015 03:37:46 UTC 18750650 mr IAN KIRK [Signature #1306] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18750352?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2015 03:00:13 UTC 18750352 Anonymous [Signature #1305] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18748794?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:04:08 UTC 18748794 Mr David Calvert [Signature #1304] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18746325?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:51:22 UTC 18746325 MRS SUSAN Godden [Signature #1303] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18745690?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Apr 2015 06:50:27 UTC 18745690 mr gethin evans [Signature #1302] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18741552?utm_medium=rss there are major sewage problems in witney there are not sufficient facilities to cope with the population increase no more houses to be built we can't cope the roads are very heavily congested as it is

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]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:07:03 UTC 18741552 Mrs Fiona Heeley [Signature #1301] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18741003?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:50:33 UTC 18741003 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #1300] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18740814?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:05:05 UTC 18740814 Mr John Henty [Signature #1299] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18740655?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:17:33 UTC 18740655 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1298] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18740163?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Apr 2015 06:07:06 UTC 18740163 Mrs Vicki Cooke [Signature #1297] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18740157?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Apr 2015 06:01:40 UTC 18740157 Tim Isherwood [Signature #1296] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18740149?utm_medium=rss This is dreadful news for residents local to the proposed development, and for Witney itself. I strongly oppose this development

]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2015 05:56:40 UTC 18740149 Anonymous [Signature #1295] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18738682?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:34:44 UTC 18738682 Mrs Elaine Calcutt [Signature #1294] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18737954?utm_medium=rss Because Witney can not cope with more houses there is not enough shops or schools also it's flood plains and Witney floods really bad and also it is such a lovely place and nice walks and lovely views for the houses and flats looking over the fields .And the traffic is bad enough on Burford now we don't need these houses.

]]> Sat, 11 Apr 2015 06:14:31 UTC 18737954 mr john pursglove [Signature #1293] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18737830?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Apr 2015 04:25:48 UTC 18737830 Mr Neil Tigwell [Signature #1292] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18737076?utm_medium=rss Please stop greedy developers destroying the Windrush valley.

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2015 02:22:46 UTC 18737076 Mr Gregory Peters [Signature #1291] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18736983?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2015 01:18:32 UTC 18736983 mr raymond o'connell [Signature #1290] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18736690?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:24:35 UTC 18736690 Mr Peter Suddaby [Signature #1289] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18736545?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2015 09:22:41 UTC 18736545 Mrs Jill Suddaby [Signature #1288] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18736541?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2015 09:20:27 UTC 18736541 Mrs Wendy Parker [Signature #1287] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18736533?utm_medium=rss Huge detrimental effect on Windrush valley landscape. Also flora and faunaWe have deer rabbits muntjac, buttercup meadow, egrets heron--2 species Overload on flood escape routes. Our property flooded in2007 and will do again if this goes aheadAny new propities will find it difficult to obtain insurance as they are now dangerous precedent for development in Witney

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2015 09:19:01 UTC 18736533 Ms Anonymous [Signature #1286] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18731482?utm_medium=rss Tue, 7 Apr 2015 11:36:39 UTC 18731482 Mrs Caroline Eynaud [Signature #1285] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18728224?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Apr 2015 02:45:18 UTC 18728224 Mr Hywel Jones [Signature #1284] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18727264?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:41:21 UTC 18727264 Mrs Luci Ashbourne [Signature #1283] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18727147?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Apr 2015 06:39:49 UTC 18727147 Mr Kevin Buchanan [Signature #1282] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18726359?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Apr 2015 12:55:17 UTC 18726359 Mrs Kathryn Potter [Signature #1281] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18717639?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:58:27 UTC 18717639 Mrs christine adams [Signature #1280] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18717370?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2015 02:35:33 UTC 18717370 Mrs Steph Jones [Signature #1279] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18717319?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2015 01:59:18 UTC 18717319 Miss melissa furey [Signature #1278] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18712316?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Mar 2015 05:54:20 UTC 18712316 Mr Richard Bowen [Signature #1277] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18712245?utm_medium=rss Although I live in London now I am back every other weekend in Witney and this development should not be allowed to happen - protect the Valley and build elsewhere!

]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2015 04:18:19 UTC 18712245 Mr Anthony Barguss [Signature #1276] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18638765?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Mar 2015 04:00:11 UTC 18638765 Davina Stevenson [Signature #1275] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18592841?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Feb 2015 01:42:12 UTC 18592841 mrs bernadette smallman [Signature #1274] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18563034?utm_medium=rss Do you really have to spoil our country side .don't think so .It doesn't just effect us , what about our lovely animals enjoying there Kingdom . Why build houses for most of our that can't afford to buy them .rant over .

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:25:43 UTC 18563034 mrs christine furey [Signature #1273] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18562700?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 05:09:43 UTC 18562700 Mrs Deborah Moss [Signature #1272] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18560425?utm_medium=rss This should not go ahead. It will cause such traffic problems and for once can we not leave the countryside alone

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:05:48 UTC 18560425 mr neil fleming [Signature #1271] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18558709?utm_medium=rss No more rural land grabs!

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:02:29 UTC 18558709 Miss Laura Pearce [Signature #1270] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18558486?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:53:36 UTC 18558486 Mr steve page [Signature #1269] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18544426?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Feb 2015 04:15:22 UTC 18544426 Mrs Diane Cullimore [Signature #1268] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18540192?utm_medium=rss I holiday in this area three times a year and want to see it protected as much as the local people

]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:53:49 UTC 18540192 Miss Patricia Dohle [Signature #1267] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18539786?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Feb 2015 02:37:41 UTC 18539786 Mrs Catherine Gilsenan [Signature #1266] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18436781?utm_medium=rss Gladman have won their appeal to build 250 houses in our village of Middleton St George near Darlington, Co Durham.
These bullies need to be stopped.

]]> Sat, 17 Jan 2015 04:45:09 UTC 18436781 Mr Anthony Watts [Signature #1265] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18332933?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:28:32 UTC 18332933 Dr Stuart Macdonald [Signature #1264] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18235372?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Dec 2014 11:55:54 UTC 18235372 Mr David Exham [Signature #1263] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18225843?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Nov 2014 09:30:08 UTC 18225843 Mr John Bleakley [Signature #1262] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18176941?utm_medium=rss This beautiful part of Oxfordshire does not need to be concreted over where there are many more suitable Brown Field sites.

]]> Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:43:43 UTC 18176941 Mr Samuel Jones [Signature #1261] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18172418?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Nov 2014 12:52:31 UTC 18172418 Christine Pollard [Signature #1260] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18154621?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:14:40 UTC 18154621 Anonymous [Signature #1259] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18149966?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:24:33 UTC 18149966 mrs jennifer randell [Signature #1258] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18147954?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:52:43 UTC 18147954 Anonymous [Signature #1257] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18122749?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:57:31 UTC 18122749 Dr Robert McGurrin [Signature #1256] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18114977?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Nov 2014 05:05:48 UTC 18114977 Mrs Barbara Carter [Signature #1255] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18114472?utm_medium=rss There appears to be no joined up thinking in matters of planning. The local infrastructure will not cope.

]]> Fri, 7 Nov 2014 12:56:23 UTC 18114472 Mr Antony Willis [Signature #1254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18111469?utm_medium=rss Thu, 6 Nov 2014 07:50:35 UTC 18111469 Mr Peter Court [Signature #1253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18096004?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Nov 2014 11:13:59 UTC 18096004 Dr Stephen Sheppard [Signature #1252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18090445?utm_medium=rss the increased flood risk and additional traffic/carbon emissions alone call for this development to be denied. This is not the right place for new development.

]]> Sun, 2 Nov 2014 01:38:08 UTC 18090445 Ms Frances Ashling [Signature #1251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18084388?utm_medium=rss I agree with the points on the petition and feel that Witney has already done more than its fair share of building new houses. Within the town this is acceptable, but outside it, on the wrong side of Burford Road, into an unspoiled valley, this is totally unacceptable.

Please vote against the application to build.

]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2014 03:38:59 UTC 18084388 Ross Sheppard [Signature #1250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18083930?utm_medium=rss Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:28:11 UTC 18083930 Ms Hilary Dennison [Signature #1249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18083103?utm_medium=rss The only logical reason for this development is the profit to be made by the developers. Local housing and employment needs are unlikely to be met in any significant measure and the local environment, landscape, potential flooding situation and infrastructure will all be severely impacted in the worst way. Witney is already overbuilt with traffic and air quality problems. DO NOT ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED.

]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2014 05:53:14 UTC 18083103 mr Oliver chapple [Signature #1248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18074757?utm_medium=rss This is the wrong place to build houses to meet the needs of people who will work many miles from the proposed site. There is land outside AONB and not of the landscape vale of the propsed site, much closer to OXford which should be used instead.

]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2014 08:58:05 UTC 18074757 Jane Wastie [Signature #1247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18073609?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:10:17 UTC 18073609 Mr Paul Mills [Signature #1246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18072289?utm_medium=rss This is a no brainer! Please dont ignore this WODC.... Pandering to developers is not acceptable.

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 04:08:10 UTC 18072289 MISS AMANDA GILROY [Signature #1245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18020711?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Oct 2014 05:28:06 UTC 18020711 Ms Sharron Warner [Signature #1244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18010009?utm_medium=rss Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:43:18 UTC 18010009 Mr Robert Cocks [Signature #1243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18002188?utm_medium=rss We will lose a precious area of green space where we walk and enjoy the countryside. The houses may well add to the flooding problem experienced in recent years.

Additional traffic in Witney and on the A40 has not been given enough thought. No changes are planned for the A40 despite all the extra traffic the new houses will bring.

]]> Thu, 9 Oct 2014 03:17:47 UTC 18002188 Mr Mark Smith [Signature #1242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17999601?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Oct 2014 08:25:15 UTC 17999601 mrs gill hamblin [Signature #1241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17998821?utm_medium=rss Thu, 9 Oct 2014 05:57:07 UTC 17998821 Miss Anonymous [Signature #1240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17981499?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:33:57 UTC 17981499 Miss Katie Buckley [Signature #1239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17972089?utm_medium=rss Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:15:24 UTC 17972089 Mr Daryl Perkins [Signature #1238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17958103?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Sep 2014 01:05:03 UTC 17958103 Mrs Edwina Pateman [Signature #1237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17956963?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Sep 2014 05:14:21 UTC 17956963 Chris White [Signature #1236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17955483?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Sep 2014 01:56:18 UTC 17955483