Welcome to the Keep Harwell Rural website
The aim of the Keep Harwell Rural (KHR) Campaign is to give residents of Harwell the opportunity to have a voice in matters that affect the future of the village. We are particularly concerned about the expansion of Didcot and how this might affect the rural character of Harwell.
This website gives a taste of what we do. You can see how the plans for the expansion of Didcot developed, what is proposed for the future and how we are reacting to it.
KHR works closely with Harwell Parish Council, but is independent of any statutory body. If you would like to know more about KHR or would like to join us in shaping the future of Harwell get in touch.
Whilst we do our best to consult within the village, and try to represent the opinions of many people in the village, we are primarily a campaigning group whose main concern is to preserve the integrity of the village and to “Keep Harwell Rural”.
What’s to be done next by KHR:
- Read the Vale Local Development Framework (LDF) and Core Strategy (CS) when they come out and help present constructive arguments for the preservation of the rural character of Harwell
- Further data research – traffic monitoring, pollution impacts
- Continue to argue the case for the Link Roads including a ‘Harwell By-Pass’
- Keep aware of the implications of the Localism Bill now that it has received Royal Assent.
- Present a case when the VHW Local Development Framework goes to a Planning Inspector at a Public Examination (the Public Examination of the SODC LDF has just been completed).