This local Team is made up of a group of local residents, neighbours, families, walkers and commuters, formed to oppose three enormous logistics warehouse schemes proposed for the open countryside at Baynards Green, beside Junction 10 of the M40.

What has happened so far

In January 2026, Cherwell District Council’s Planning Committee refused all four Baynards Green warehouse schemes for sound planning reasons. This spring, the developers, Tritax Symmetry and Albion Land, appealed that decision.

In May 2026, the Council decided that it would not defend the decision its own elected members had made at the appeal. That decision was taken without the matter returning to committee, and without consulting residents.

This means that, unless local residents step up and take action, there will be no one at the appeal arguing the case that the Council’s own committee made. The group is not prepared to let that happen and NORA stands with them.

What could be lost?

Our beloved local countryside. The fields where local people walk their dogs and enjoy the nature and wildlife those fields support.

This is not a small development. The applicants’ own drawings show how huge these buildings would be, structures that would tower over the open fields and dominate the landscape for miles.

A far smaller scheme nearby was refused at appeal in 2019 for its impact on the countryside.

Why your help is needed now…

With the Council standing aside, the job of defending their own rejection of these sheds falls to the community. Your donations will fund two things: the legal fees of putting this case forward at the appeal, and the wider campaign that supports it, including the website, leaflets and posters to get our message out there.  

Tritax and Albion are massive corporations with deep pockets. The group cannot match their budgets, but with your support, can instruct the right people to argue the case and make sure the real harm these warehouses would cause is properly put to the Planning Inspector. Together with Stoke Lyne Parish Council and neighbours across the surrounding villages, there is a fierce determination that local people will not be silenced because the Council abandoned them.

Every contribution, large or small, takes us closer to saving Baynards Green.

What happens next

The appeal has been lodged, and an appeal hearing is set for 22 September 2026. The outcome will be decided by a Planning Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State. That makes it all the more important that residents are properly represented and that the case for refusal is heard.

Please donate here, no amount is too small and all contributions will show strength of feeling: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/help-us-save-baynards-green/

Follow the campaign at stokelyneactionteam.co.uk, on Facebook and on Instagram.