Comm Comm focussed on building community consensus to overturn opposition from previous scheme. Planning consent was achieved at committee. Community forum meetings were instrumental in achieving success.
Client: The Cotswold Automotive Museum
Borough: West Oxfordshire District Council
Date: 2022 – 2024
Our role:
To deliver the communications and public consultation strategy for the revised masterplan.
Existing site:
54-hectare site next to Enstone Airfield, Great Tew, Oxfordshire
Once part of the wider RAF Enstone, which was a satellite site to RAF Moreton-in-Marsh
Used as a stone processing plant for yellow Cotswold stone for the building industry.
Scheme deliverables:
To bring the world class Peter Mullin car collection to the UK
Site to include a motor museum, events space, restaurant and demonstration track
56 holiday homes also on site
To bring investment and employment to the area
Planned landscape to achieve a biodiversity net gain of 60-70% across the site.
Communications undertaken:
Worked closely with local parish councils to create a Community Forum to share information and understand concerns
Held public consultation event over two days in autumn 2022.
Status of scheme:
Planning consent was granted in 2023.