Headington Headlines

Headington Headlines #161

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 28 April – 4 May.

The Headington Neighbourhood Forum met to hear about the City Council approving the area to be covered in the Neighbourhood Plan, and what happens next. The recently appointed Project Manager Adam Symons was introduced to the Forum members.

Oxford University announced another round of consultations on its Old Road Campus plans – the Big Data Institute and other buildings – on 9 & 10 May.

Julia Gasper, Headington Quarry resident and a candidate for the English Democrats in the Euro elections made the national news over a post on her blog on 7 April where she asserted “There are far too many homosexuals in Parliament”.

@TheOxfordMail had an article about the Headington Neighbourhood Plan @HeadingtonPlan.

It appears Nicholas Fell does not wish to be considered a candidate for the local elections in Headington Hill & Northway Ward. I don’t know, but I think it may be too late for his name not to be on the ballot paper.

Highfield Residents’ Association has a new website.

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • Elections on Thursday 22 May 2014
  • Headington Parking Revisions / Public Consultation until May 14th
  • London road from Hamburger roundabout to headington
  • Single track road to Shotover
  • Consultation on detailed design proposals for Big Data Institute building, 9 & 10 May
  • London road and road safety in Headington
  • 4G mobile coverage in Headington
  • Empty shop next to Star Bucks
  • Cooking smells from Jacob and Field in Osler Road
  • I don’t understand Julia Gasper’s point
I cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Headington Headlines #160

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 21 – 27 April.

The area to be covered by the Headington Neighbourhood Plan @HeadingtonPlan was approved by @OxfordCity on Wednesday. A full report and explanation of what happens next will be given at the next Forum meeting, which is at St Andrew’s school on Tuesday (tomorrow).

The candidates for next month’s elections to the City Council were announced on Thursday. The candidates for the six OX3 wards are here on the blog together with the twitter accounts of those who have one.

The Headington & Marston e-democracy forum has had a facelift.

The local press carried the story of a woman who was abandoned as a new-born baby in a cardboard box on the doorstep of a house in the Croft 34 years ago. She is making a new attempt to find her natural mother through social media.

Firefighters were called to Foresters Tower in Wood Farm on Saturday after residents reported smelling smoke, but no fire was found.

Lynn Knapp, Headteacher at Windmill Primary school @WindmillOxford, won the Strictly Oxford dance competition at the New Theatre yesterday evening. It was a charity event raising money for Vale House, a dementia care charity.

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • gardener
  • Post Here to be positive about Headington, Marston, Oxford, Oxfordshire and life in general.
  • Thames Water Flip Pump
  • Elections on Thursday 22 May 2014
I cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Headington Headlines #159

TonyOX3

Either I’ve been asleep or it’s been rather quiet in Headington this week. Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 14 – 20 April.

The three planning appeals on 29 Old High Street which were heard on 11 February were dismissed by the Planning Inspector. headington.org.uk has the full history. The Inspector’s full decision report is here (warning: it’s long and specialised).

Dates have been announced for this year’s Headington Festival @HeadingtonFest. It will spread over two days, Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June. On Saturday morning there will be a Food and Craft Fair in the Headington shopping area, plus music and street entertainers. A Fun Fair will be open in Bury Knowle Park during the afternoon. On Sunday, the usual host of stalls will be in the park along with a wide variety of entertainment.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • So long and thanks for all the fish
  • Key found in Trinity Road
  • ASDA
  • Northway consultation
  • Ambulances and Saxon Way entrance to JR
  • Barton / Northway bus link
  • Post Here to be positive about Headington, Marston, Oxford, Oxfordshire and life in general
  • Welcome Back Hotmail, MSN, Live, Outlook.com Forum Members – Digest Option, Etc
I cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.