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Headington Headlines #321

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 5 – 11 June.

In the general election Labour held Oxford East with @AnnelieseDodds taking the seat vacated by Andrew Smith. The LibDems’ @LaylaMoran took Oxford West and Abingdon from the Conservatives; @NicolaBlackwood lost her seat. Full results and my commentary here.

I’m grateful to @mike_rat for pointing out before the election that all four main candidates in Oxford East hold Doctorates.

The Access to Headington work on Headley Way was on show in Northway on Monday. Preparation for this part of the scheme starts on 19 June – that’s next week – with actual work starting on the 26th. It will be at the junction of Headley Way, the JR entrance and Staunton Road. Meanwhile, work on The Slade continues. Read more here.

The County Council has produced new Guidelines for Walking and Cycling, setting standards for new developments and redevelopments. I asked how far Access to Headington complied with the guidelines for cycling.

A memorial to the men of Oxfordshire who died in the Spanish Civil War was unveiled on Saturday. It stands on the triangle of land at the bottom of South Park on the corner with Morrell Avenue. The memorial was funded by the International Brigades Memorial Trust (IBMT) @IBMT_SCW

As announced last week, the Endeavour film crew was on location in Headington on Wednesday.

Headington’s newest food outlet Dragon Express opened on Polling Day (Thursday). It’s where the Rose Tree used to be.

Oxford Brookes has denied any involvement with Frontier Estates on the developer’s attempts to acquire land at the top of London Road / Barton Road for a speculative student accommodation scheme.

My favourite Headington-related tweet:

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

  • Frontier Estates Multiple Site London Road / Barton Road

Headington Headlines #316

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 1 – 6 May.

As my commemorative blog post reports, all the heatpipe roadworks in Headington’s residential streets are finished. Work on Churchill Drive is scheduled to end on 26 May.

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.

In local election week the big news for Headington is that the Headington Neighbourhood Plan @HeadingtonPlan was approved by referendum with an 86% ‘Yes’ vote. It was no change in the County elections here in OX3, and new councillor Mark Ladbrooke was elected for Labour in the Barton & Sandhills Ward by-election following the death of Van Coulter earlier this year.

Read my posts on the results on these links:

The Conservative candidate to stand in Oxford East is Cllr Dr Suzanne Bartington. She is currently Town Councillor for Witney’s East Ward.

Suzanne Bartington
Suzanne Bartington

And yesterday evening the Green Party announced that their candidate for Oxford East is Larry Sanders.

Larry Sanders
Larry Sanders

The vandalised Narnia carvings outside Headington library in Bury Knowle Park have been repaired.

On 27 April between 12:00-1:00 pm police ticketed 15 drivers for exceeding the 20mph speed limit in Old Road (via @RuthWilk).

My favourite Headington-related tweet:

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

  • Headington Plan – what’s next?
  • Revised Proposals for the Development of Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry
  • Iphone found

Headington Headlines #312

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 3 – 9 April.

A man was hit by a coach on the London Road at Headington shops on Monday morning. He was taken to the JR with minor injuries.

There’s a new planning application (ref 17/00584/FUL) by EF International School for Cotuit Hall. The application is for

Demolition of single storey lecture hall and refectory buildings. Change of use from Student Accommodation to Residential Institution. Erection of single storey connecting buildings, along with internal reconfiguration of the retained buildings, and provision of associated car parking and cycle parking spaces, landscaping, plant, and associated works.

At first sight the plans look less intrusive than the last application which was withdrawn 4 years ago.

In preparation for the referendum, @HeadingtonPlan has published a more pictorial version of the Plan.

The candidates for the County elections and Barton & Sandhills City by-election were published. For the County Divisions in OX3 see here, and for the by-election see here.

A memorial plaque was unveiled on Saturday at the Final Turn at the entrance to the JR outside St Anthony of Padua Church to commemorate the members of the armed forces who were killed in the Afghanistan conflict.

Old Headington and some surrounding areas are having intermittent problems with power cuts. It’s been going on for a few weeks now.

Fire engines attended a small fire at the Launderette in Windmill Road on Thursday. There were no reports of any injuries.

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

  • Plans for 3,000 more homes to west of Barton Park
  • Easter Party At Townsend House – All Welcome
  • Dangerous opening
  • Marston Medical Centre
  • Headington Swap Shop needs a leader
  • Regarding my suspension from the forum