Headington Headlines #303

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 30 January – 5 February.

The planning application for the redevelopment of the Stansfeld Outdoor Centre is on the agenda for the East Area Planning Committee on Wednesday (8 February – item 4). The recommendation is that permission is granted subject to conditions.

The overnight road closures for the Access to Headington works at Old Road/Gipsy Lane/Warneford Lane/Roosevelt Drive start tonight (Monday 6 February). Here’s the full schedule. The work originally planned for Monday 13 February has been rescheduled. It will now be done on Saturday 11 February. Either way it will be the last of the overnight road closures for this work.

Both Oxford MPs, @AndrewSmithMP and @nicolablackwood, voted FOR the ‘Brexit Bill’ to give the Prime Minister authority to trigger Article 50. Both were supporting the Remain camp before the referendum.

The application to build at the top of Wychwood Lane, next to the C S Lewis nature reserve, is still not on the Committee’s agenda.

Did you know there’s an Oxfordshire Badger Group? There is, and they’re very worried about the effects of development on our stripey-faced friends. The A40 near the new Barton Park is apparently a particularly dangerous place for them. The Group is on twitter at @OxonBadgers

Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School joined twitter as @HQFSS_Oxford. They need your votes to help get a new climbing frame through the Tesco Bags of Help scheme.

Also new to twitter is Headington Reporting @OX3reporting, a site which posts examples of potholes, blocked drains and similar local issues. Despite the name it’s nothing to do with me, nor I’m assured with @HeadingtonNews.

And don’t confuse the Headington-based account @HeadingHeritage with the not-Headington-based @HeadHeritage.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Disruption

Headington Headlines #302

TonyOX3

It’s been a quiet week but here’s your weekly round-up of local news for 23 – 29 January.

There are some small delays to the schedule of roadworks for the Energy Project. The most up-to-date information is on the Hospital Estates Department website. Work on the next section of Lime Walk starts today and the next section of Sandfield Road starts tomorrow. Neither of these affect the diversion arrangements.

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.

There will be overnight road closures at the Access to Headington works at the Old Road – Gipsy Lane – Warneford Lane – Roosevelt Drive junction from 7pm – 6am between 6 – 13 February. Details including diversions here.

In what must surely be a forlorn hope, @TheOxfordMail reported that a Cowley restaurateur is prepared to buy the fire-gutted Jack Russell (Marston) pub and re-open it.

Addresses in Barton and Northway were among those raided in a major anti-drugs police operation on Tuesday morning.

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

  • Hedge Vandalism

Access to Headington Overnight Road Closures

TonyOX3

The roadworks at the junction of Old Road, Gipsy Lane, Warneford Lane and Roosevelt Drive are getting closer to a finish. So that the roads can be resurfaced with new tarmac there’s a programme of overnight road closures from 6 – 13 February. The roads will be closed in turn between 7pm and 6 am, Here are the details from the County Council.

Monday 6 February – Old Road will be closed in both directions. The diversion will be via Windmill Road, London Road and Gipsy Lane.

Tuesday 7 February – Warneford Lane eastbound and Gipsy Lane (in both directions). The diversion will be via Morrell Avenue, Headington Road, London Road and Windmill Road.

Wednesday 8 February – Warneford Lane westbound and Roosevelt Drive (in both directions) will be closed. Access to Roosevelt Drive will be via Churchill Drive. The diversion for Warneford Lane closure will be via Windmill Road, London Road, Headington Road and Morrell Avenue.

Thursday 9 February – Old Road will be closed in both directions. The diversion will be via Windmill Road, London Road and Gipsy Lane.

Friday 10 February – Warneford Lane eastbound and Gipsy Lane (in both directions). The diversion will be via Morrell Avenue, Headington Road, London Road and Windmill Road.

Saturday 11 February (rescheduled from Monday 13 February) – Warneford Lane westbound and Roosevelt Drive (in both directions) will be closed. Access to Roosevelt Drive will be via Churchill Drive. The diversion for Warneford Lane closure will be via Windmill Road, London Road, Headington Road and Morrell Avenue.

The work we are carrying out can be noisy and we do apologise for this. We have a Section 61 agreement in place with Oxford City Council whereby we are only permitted to carry out certain work until 11pm.

After 11pm we will only carry on with the less disruptive work in order to cause as little disturbance as possible.