The Mullin Motor Museum
Comm Comm UK 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 Mullin 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.