Headington Headlines #312

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At first sight the plans look less intrusive than the last application which was withdrawn 4 years ago.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

Barton & Sandhills by-election 4 May 2017

Following the death of Councillor Van Coulter, here are the candidates standing in the by-election in Barton & Sandhills Ward on 4 May 2017.

You’ll notice that three of the five candidates, Steve Wheeler, Symon Hill and Chaka Artwell, are also standing as candidates in the Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst Division in the County elections on the same day.

City by-election

BARTON & SANDHILLS
Peter Saville Con
Symon Hill Green
Chaka Artwell Ind
Mark Ladbrooke Lab
Steve Wheeler Lib Dem

The official list of candidates is here.

County Elections 4 May 2017

Here are the candidates in the four Headington divisions for the county elections on 4 May 2017. All sitting candidates (marked *) are standing for re-election. Several of the other names may ring a bell; Chaka Artwell (Ind) , Peter Coggins (LibDem), Miranda Shaw (Green) and Maria Bourbon (LibDem) have all stood unsuccessfully for election in this area in recent years. This will be the fourth time Duncan Hatfield (Con) and Alistair Morris (Green) have stood since 2012, and Mark Bhagwandin (Con) tops my list of serial candidates – this is his fifth try at being elected in OX3 since 2012.

In the last County elections there were two UKIP candidates in this area. This time there are none, and there is only one in the whole of the city (in Jericho and Osney).

The candidates standing in the city by-election in Barton & Sandhills Ward on the same day are here.

County Elections

BARTON, SANDHILLS & RISINGHURST
Cath Convery Con
† Symon Hill Green
† Chaka Artwell Ind
Glynis Phillips * Lab
† Steve Wheeler Lib Dem
Also a candidate in city by-election, Barton & Sandhills
CHURCHILL & LYE VALLEY
Johnson Kyeswa Con
Steven Dawe Green
Liz Brighouse * Lab
Peter Coggins Lib Dem
HEADINGTON & QUARRY
Duncan Hatfield Con
Miranda Shaw Green
Bill Asquith Lab
Roz Smith * Lib Dem
MARSTON & NORTHWAY
Mark Bhagwandin Con
Alistair Morris Green
Mark Lygo * Lab
Maria Bourbon Lib Dem

The full official list of candidates for the whole of Oxford City is here.