Latimer Road development proposal

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An as yet unidentified developer is putting forward plans for new student and private residential accommodation on land on the western corner of Latimer Road and the London Road. I have heard that the developer has bought a number of houses on the corner of Latimer Road opposite Dorset House, and is proposing a 194 student development on the site, along with some smaller private housing. By comparison, Dorset House can accommodate 310 students.

The developer is putting on an exhibition of the proposals on Tuesday 21 October from 4 – 8pm in the foyer of the old entrance to Brookes off Gipsy Lane, not the new John Henry Brookes Building. There is a copy of the invitation here. If you are interested, go along and have a look.

Oxford Brookes are providing space for the exhibition purely as part of their normal commercial paactices. They have no other connection with the developer and have taken no view on the merits or otherwise of the proposals. There is as yet no planning application registered for the site and no public plans other than whatever is on display next Tuesday.

Headington Headlines #184

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 6 – 12 October.

The White Hart in Old Headington is on twitter @ThewhiteHartH. I’ve listed all the pubs in OX3 with twitter accounts here.

Wood Farm Primary School in Titup Hall Drive has won an award from the British Council for its work in fostering international awareness among pupils, including its twinning arrangement with a school in South Africa and celebrating the many different cultures represented in the school.

The A40 Northern by-pass was closed for a time on Wednesday as police investigated a possible “conceern for welfare” incident on the Marston flyover. A woman was later detained under the Mental Health Act.

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

  • Londis
  • Silver Joggers
  • Northway Town Green application and Barton Park
  • Smoking at JR Hospital
  • Headington Live Advent Calendar 2014
  • London Road “Improvement” Scheme
  • Be aware of phone scammers
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.

Pubs with twitter accounts

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Prompted by the recent arrival on twitter of The White Hart in Old Headington I’ve compiled this handy list of OX3 pubs with twitter accounts. Here they are, in order of their most recent tweets at the time I wrote this.

Any more I’ve missed?