The Conservative-led Cherwell District Council said it still believed in the "eco-town" vision, but said it was "committed" to working with local communities and partners to ensure all voices are heard before any decision is made.
"I think we really need to fix ordinary problems like traffic but we also need to give the town a vision," he said.
"We all agreed that it wasn't an acceptable site because it's one of the most well-used sections of the park, but we wanted to work with the town's vision for a building," said Richard Stowe, a member of the group.
All is innocent misbehavior until one day they encounter Abula, the town's "vision-seeing" madman both feared and revered for his soothsaying, who predicts Ikena will die by the hand of one of his brothers.
Or utopias, I should say, for with Letchworth, Stevenage, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead and Welwyn, this unassuming, mild-mannered county is oversupplied with garden cities, new towns and visions of the future.
Not everyone in town shares that vision.
All too often, Hobart Town is a vision of hell.
Signatures are replaced by the infallibly disparate human fingerprint ("CSI: Vision Town").
Asked whether "Our Town" fit his vision of where he wanted his career to be at this point, Mr. Newman shrugged off the question.
Yet some residents say they believe the mantra of preserving the historical character of East Hampton is blinding the town's architectural vision.
Far more than any mere model town, Disney's vision was that of a living, breathing community – a combination of the urban and the pastoral that was both expansive and futuristic.
