Headington Plan Approved!

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The Headington Neighbourhood Plan was approved in a referendum held on 4 May 2017. It is the first neighbourhood plan in Oxford to go to a referendum.

The question on the ballot paper was “Do you want Oxford City Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Headington to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?”

For the record:

  • 3310 (86%) voted ‘Yes’;
  • 543 (14%) voted ‘No’;
  • turnout was 38%.

Congratulations and thanks are due to all the people who contributed in some way to the Plan, and especially to the small team of dedicated individuals led by Mike Ratcliffe and Patrick Coulter who put a huge amount of time and energy into the project.

Full information about the Plan and what happens next are on the Headington Plan website. You can download a copy of the plan itself from there, or simply by clicking the picture on this page.

 

Barton & Sandhills City By-election 2017 Result

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Here is the result of the by-election in the city ward of Barton & Risinghurst held on 4 May 2017 following the death of the previous holder, Cllr Van Coulter.

Election results
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Newcomer Mark Ladbrooke’s share of the vote held up well considering Van Coulter had a good record as a local councillor and a strong personal following. The absence of UKIP this time round affected the figures. It’s not possible to say with any certainty but on the surface it looks as if the bulk of the UKIP vote in 2016 went to the Conservatives, with the LibDems picking up small percentages from everyone but the Greens.

Headington Headlines #315

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Your weekly round-up of local news for 24 – 30 April.

As of last Wednesday (27 April) and until 22 May, heatpipe works mean the 700 buses won’t be able to serve some of the stops on the Churchill Hospital site.

All my posts about the project are under the ‘Energy Project’ tab in the main menu, and there’s a page of links and contact details here.

Labour MEP for the South-East @AnnelieseDodds, who lives in Rose Hill, has been selected as Labour candidate for Oxford East after @AndrewSmithMP stood down. Here is her statement to Labour supporters.

Anneliese Dodds
Anneliese Dodds

A burst water main at the junction of Marston Road and Crotch Crescent on Monday was “more complex” than Thames Water originally thought. Service had been restored by early evening.

@blackmambatatto have won the right to retain their web domain name blackmambatattoo.co.uk after the original registrant and designer was untraceable. Good luck with the new website.

Leaflets promoting a ‘Yes’ vote for the @HeadingtonPlan on Thursday have been delivered throughout Headington.

The Iris Project, who run the Classics centre at Cheney School, has opened an in-school museum. It’s called the Rumble Museum @Rumblemuseum, named after Jamie Rumble. Their facebook page tells you more about it and there’s more in the Oxford Times.

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

  • Headington Plan – what’s next?