Neighbourhood Plan

Headington Headlines #163

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 12 – 18 May.

A report from the Quality Care Commission identified a number of areas where the JR Hospital needs to make improvements. A report in The Oxford Mail by @OllieOxMail has a full summary.

Planned road works on the Ring Road at the Kiln Lane junction for Risinghurst mean that entry to and exit from the estate will be severely restricted for about three weeks, starting on 27 May. Residents say it means they will be living on ‘an island’. The work is for “new signal poles and toucan crossing aspects”. A Council spokesman said the work will improve cycle links between Headington and Thornhill P&R, and will cost about £40,000.

After reports on twitter on Wednesday evening of police activity outside Macdonalds, this story came out the following day. A young boy was injured, thankfully not seriously, in a road accident involving a Renault Clio on The Roundway.

Headington Plan @HeadingtonPlan has set up several Policy Groups to consult on and develop policies for inclusion in the Neighbourhood Plan. Get in touch with them if you’d like to be part of the work.

In an operation on Thursday morning police issued nearly 50 tickets in traffic checks at the Headington roundabout and Bayswater Road. Sixteen drivers were issued tickets for flouting right turn bans, while 11 were fined for not wearing seatbelts. Drivers were also caught using phones and speeding in a 30mph limit.

The new Principal of Ruskin College is Dr Chris Wilkes, who has been Acting Pricipal since the departure of Audrey Mullender.

Two concrete slabs have been placed in Bury Knowle Park as bases for table-tennis tables. People are upset about the unforgiving material and the lack of any consultation which would have allowed other options to be considered. The e-democracy forum has the story.

The postponed Marston Parish Council election will be held on Thursday 26 June. The polling station will be in Mortimer Hall.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Its time Oxford had a congestion charge
  • Hi from Bartonia
  • Housing Policy in Headington
  • Concrete in Bury Knowle Park – lack of consultation
I 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 #161

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 28 April – 4 May.

The Headington Neighbourhood Forum met to hear about the City Council approving the area to be covered in the Neighbourhood Plan, and what happens next. The recently appointed Project Manager Adam Symons was introduced to the Forum members.

Oxford University announced another round of consultations on its Old Road Campus plans – the Big Data Institute and other buildings – on 9 & 10 May.

Julia Gasper, Headington Quarry resident and a candidate for the English Democrats in the Euro elections made the national news over a post on her blog on 7 April where she asserted “There are far too many homosexuals in Parliament”.

@TheOxfordMail had an article about the Headington Neighbourhood Plan @HeadingtonPlan.

It appears Nicholas Fell does not wish to be considered a candidate for the local elections in Headington Hill & Northway Ward. I don’t know, but I think it may be too late for his name not to be on the ballot paper.

Highfield Residents’ Association has a new website.

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

  • Elections on Thursday 22 May 2014
  • Headington Parking Revisions / Public Consultation until May 14th
  • London road from Hamburger roundabout to headington
  • Single track road to Shotover
  • Consultation on detailed design proposals for Big Data Institute building, 9 & 10 May
  • London road and road safety in Headington
  • 4G mobile coverage in Headington
  • Empty shop next to Star Bucks
  • Cooking smells from Jacob and Field in Osler Road
  • I don’t understand Julia Gasper’s point
I 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 #160

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 21 – 27 April.

The area to be covered by the Headington Neighbourhood Plan @HeadingtonPlan was approved by @OxfordCity on Wednesday. A full report and explanation of what happens next will be given at the next Forum meeting, which is at St Andrew’s school on Tuesday (tomorrow).

The candidates for next month’s elections to the City Council were announced on Thursday. The candidates for the six OX3 wards are here on the blog together with the twitter accounts of those who have one.

The Headington & Marston e-democracy forum has had a facelift.

The local press carried the story of a woman who was abandoned as a new-born baby in a cardboard box on the doorstep of a house in the Croft 34 years ago. She is making a new attempt to find her natural mother through social media.

Firefighters were called to Foresters Tower in Wood Farm on Saturday after residents reported smelling smoke, but no fire was found.

Lynn Knapp, Headteacher at Windmill Primary school @WindmillOxford, won the Strictly Oxford dance competition at the New Theatre yesterday evening. It was a charity event raising money for Vale House, a dementia care charity.

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

  • gardener
  • Post Here to be positive about Headington, Marston, Oxford, Oxfordshire and life in general.
  • Thames Water Flip Pump
  • Elections on Thursday 22 May 2014
I 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.