Headington Headlines #227

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 10 – 16 August.

The Adelaide Morris Men performed at three Quarry pubs on Thursday evening.

Friends of Stansfeld (the Outdoor Centre off Quarry Road) has a website friendsofstansfeld.org/.

There’s a planning application (ref: 15/02323/FUL) to add a third storey to Kennett House (the Iceland block) to provide 4 two-bed flats.

There’s also an application (ref: 15/02282/OUT) to demolish the old Jack Russell pub in Salford Road, Marston to make way for housing and parking spaces, though there are no details yet of what the developers have in mind.

A petition opposing the County’s Access to Headington proposals organised by Independent Councillor Mick Haines (Marston) has attracted over 600 signatures, according to @TheOxfordMail.

The man charged with raping a woman after following her into her home in Normandy Crescent in September last year (see HH182) was found guilty of this and several other offences at Oxford Crown Court.

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

  • Mobility Scooters
  • Jack Russell Pub
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 #226

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 3 – 9 August.

St Andrew’s Church tower is having some restoration work done. It will cost about £100,000 all of which has been raised locally.

The new arrangement for the Farmers’ Market being weekly on Saturdays has got off to a good start, according to the Market Manager quoted in @OxfordTimes.

Consultation on the Access to Headington transport plan closed last Friday. I’ve posted a list of links to several responses, including Headington Action, Friends of Old Headington, Oxford Civic Society and local Councillors. Three themes recur in most if not all the comments:

  • Poor public consultation;
  • Not enough information to make rational decisions;
  • Concerns about environmental impact (trees and green verges) and parking arrangements.

Starting today (Monday) for three weeks, Queen Street is closed to buses. So if you normally get your 8 or 9 from Castle Street you’ll need to go to a temporary stop in St Aldate’s instead.

The planning application (Ref: 15/01924/FUL) for the extension to the Manor Surgery has been on the City Council’s website for a few weeks. So far there’s only been one letter of objection which is about extending car parking spaces. However, the application doesn’t cover this aspect, saying “The car park improvements will be submitted under a separate application“.

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

  • £12.m transport improvements for Headington: exhibitions and consultation
  • Mobility scooters
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.