Your weekly round-up of local news for 22 – 28 February.
The first exhibition of the latest plans for Access to Headington was held on Saturday, and was well-attended. The plans have been modified since the initial proposals, but there are still bound to be some problems with the details. I will post more under the Access2H tab when I’ve got something ready.
The function room refurbishment @TheMasonsArmsHQ is complete.
Function Room complete @TheMasonsArmsHQ #headington #oxford pic.twitter.com/q88vhVql6P
— Chris Meeson (@ChrisMeeson) February 23, 2016
Headington Quarry Nursery School is looking for a new Head Teacher to replace Lesley Carrington, who retires at the end of the academic year.
Oxford University’s Big Data Institute on the Old Road campus was topped out on Friday. It is Make Architects’ @MakeArchitects fifth building on the campus. Here is their description of the building.
Not strictly Headington, but if you saw the announcement a few days ago that Oxfordshire’s District Councils and MPs are backing the idea of abolishing the County Council and creating four Unitary Authorites you might like to know that there is now a websiite under the name Oxfordshire Vision and a twitter @oxonvision.
Active posts on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:
- Empty ground-floor premises in Headington centre
- Possible Extension to Car Spaces in Bury Knowle Park
- Access to Headington – gloves off for round 2!
- New School for Headington