Headington Headlines #99

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 11 – 17 February.

The details of Martin Young’s latest planning application for 29 Old High Street have reached the Council’s website. Its reference is 13/00311/FUL.

@RuthWilk reported that on Thursday police in Headington issued 7 tickets for no seat belts, 5 for use of mobile phone while driving, 2 for speeding, 6 warnings for speeding and 1 for cycling on the pavement.

Headington Action @HeadingtonA joined twitter.

There was a power cut in parts of Headington on Wednesday.

I’ve heard that Marston Heating Supplies is closing down after many years of trading.

The Somerset on Marston Road has re-opened after the owners returned from holiday.

The house on the Dorset House site on the corner of Latimer Road has a ‘SOLD’ sign.

An e-petition has been started on the City Council’s website asking for the Marston cycle path to be gritted in winter. A message on the e-democracy forum explains what it’s about and you can follow the campaign on twitter at @marstongrit.

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

  • Northway
  • Badgers
  • Foxwell drive Path
  • Headington Festival 2013 – organisers needed
  • 2 new shops in Marston?
  • ePetition to grit Marston cycle tracks in winter
I try to 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 #98

TonyOX3

Here’s my rather planning-heavy weekly round-up of local news for 4 – 10 February.

Warneford Lane is closed for resurfacing between Morrell Avenue and Gipsy Lane. The closure is scheduled to last two weeks.

Greg, the Gregg’s pigeon, struck again closing the shop once more.

The multi-use sports facility at Peat Moors (west of The Slade opposite Wood Farm) reopened after a £40,000 refurbishment.

Oxford City Council installed three new bench seats on the pavement up Headington Hill. The bottom one looks out across South Park; the middle and upper ones face the other side of the cutting.

The details of the proposed Haboakus developments in Northway finally went public, though they seem to have sidestepped the Council’s planning search system. Writing on the e-democracy forum Councillor Roy Darke reports that there will be a public meeting in Cowley on 20 Feb – details not yet available. Background and links on the ‘Development‘ page.

The East Area Planning Forum took place in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening. The Committee agreed to extend @Ruskin_College‘s planning permission for new residential blocks. Item 117 in the Council Minutes refers.

@EFOxford want to install a circular stone seat within their own grounds as the piece of ‘public art’ they are required to provide under a planning permission granted earlier. The artist’s proposal looks artistic enough, but is it right to describe it as public? You can comment here.

Martin Young has submitted yet another planning application for 29 Old High Street. This one is for the “partial demolition of existing house and demolition of existing garages and outbuildings. Erection of two storey side and rear extension. Provision of new access, car parking and turning area. Rebuilding of stone boundary wall”. It’s reference 13/00311/FUL, but there are no details yet so nothing to comment on.

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

  • Traffic lights
  • Saxon Way bus gate
  • Redevelopment of Northway
  • Church Bells in Ferry Rd, Marston
  • Badgers
I try to 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.

Haboakus Northway applications go public

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To see all my articles on this development click here.

The planning applications for the Haboakus developments in Northway have finally gone online on the Council’s website, though they seem to have bypassed the Planning Search system. I haven’t had time to look at them in any detail yet, but for now here are the links.

Westlands Drive

Reference: 12/03281/FUL.

Maltfield Road

This seems to have changed its alias from Dora Carr Close to Maltfield Road. Reference: 12/03280/FUL.

I’ll post more in a few days’ time.