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Headington Headlines #290

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 31 October – 6 November.

Work in the public realm on the heatpipe project, or hospital energy project to give it its proper name, is about to start again. It’s been confirmed that work on the JR Temporary Car Park will begin on 14 November and work on the residential roads on 28 November. For a summary of the latest information see my separate post which also has a link to the Trust’s letter to Highfield residents.

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.

@ThatsOxon TV did a short piece on the Wychwood planning application next to the C S Lewis nature reserve. You can watch it here on YouTube.

Three Headington building projects won @OxfordPresTrust certificates – the Radcliffe Primary Care building, St Andrew’s Church tower in Old Headington and Maggie’s Oxford Centre at the Churchill Hospital.

On Friday 11 November Highfield Residents Association is putting on “an evening of music, poetry and reflection” in All Saints Church. Details here.

Southern Health’s new Chairman has announced a review of the Trusts’s operations.

Any hope of saving the Fairview pub in Glebelands has gone. The East Area Planning Committee agreed on Wednesday that it can be converted into a family home. The owner says he intends to live there with his family.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the by-pass, the campaign to save and re-open Risinghurst’s Ampleforth Arms @TheAmpRevival has a smart new website.

Locals are getting fed up with Beech House contractors’ vehicles parking on double yellow lines in Latimer Road.

Concillor RuthWilk has taken up the case with the developers Frontier Estates, who have come down hard on the contractors. Hopefully things will be better this week.

A @headingtonrr runner was hit by a lit firework thrown at him on Thursday evening in South Parks Road. His top caught fire but fortunately he didn’t suffer serious injury.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

Some e-democracy forum users seem to have a problem with the name Nielsen. We’ve already had Nielen. This week we’ve added Nielsen (correct), Nielson and Nelson. That just leaves Nilsson, Nilsen, Nilssen and Nielssen, I think. @headingtonnews has appealed for calm and consistency. It’s Nielsen everybody!

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

  • AC Nielen building and A40 surveying work
  • Apple juicer
  • Nielsen/Nielson/Nelson House
  • Oxford Winter Cycle Safety

Headington Headlines #280

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 22 – 28 August.

Headington Farmers’ Market is now under new management. Organisers @HeadingtonA say there will be a re-launch on 1 October, and new stalls. Under the new regime the market’s facebook page is getting some attention again.

Another step in the sad story of the baby found dead on a Marston footpath (see HH 256). The Coroner has stated that the baby girl was still-born. The mother has still not been traced.

Formal consultation on the Headington Neighbourhood Plan @HeadingtonPlan by the City Council is now open and running until Friday 7 October. After considering the responses and making any alterations the Plan will go to an Independent Examiner who will rule if the Plan can go to a local referendum. Information and link to submit comments is on the Council’s website.

Do you remember back in March the Barton Park development was announced as one of ten “healthy new towns” designated by NHS England? Now the developers have announced they have been awarded a grant of £126,000 by NHS England which will be administered by the City Council. Up to £30,000 will be made available to local groups to promote projects which will contribute to the overall objectives, and the Council is inviting bids for these grants.

As well as live music over the bank holiday weekend the @VictoriaArms has plenty more entertainment lined up for September.

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

  • Closure of Parking Shop
  • New Aldi store could replace Currys off Horspath Driftway in Oxford
  • Gardening Club
  • Northway
  • The changing face of Foxwell Drive!
  • Campaign Against Cuts to Services at Horton Hospital Banbury

Headington Headlines #279

TonyOX3

Your weekly round-up of local news for 15 – 21 August.

The consultation period on the heatpipe planing application closed on Thursday, by which time 13 comments had been registered, 8 with objections and 5 neutral. (The neutral ones mostly ask questions rather than raising objections).

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.

A ‘Craft Burger’ restaurant is planning to open in the premises that used to be Dong Dong Noodle Bar in Windmill Road. They are advertising for staff. An industry briefing newsletter reports:

New craft beer and burger concept Craft Burger to launch in Oxford: New craft beer and burger concept Craft Burger is set to launch next month in Oxford, creating 15 jobs. The independent business will offer gourmet burgers and craft beer at its 50-cover restaurant in Headington. Craft Burger will use fresh ingredients, grinding meat and making sauces daily on-site. As well as offering craft beer on tap and in bottles, the venue will also sell shakes and other non-alcoholic drinks. Craft Burger will offer a takeaway service when it opens in mid-September, with a delivery service to be added at a later date. A company spokesman told Propel: “We are trying to create some fresh ideas in Headington and hopefully draw more people to the area. We hope to make Craft Burger a success and open other sites in the future.” www.propelinfonews.com/index.php 19/08/2016

A planning application (ref: 16/02112/FUL) has been submitted for a change of use of the Fairview Inn in Glebelands to a 5-bedroom house. The pub changed ownership in December 2013 with a statement at the time that it would continue to be run as a pub (see HH 141).

Campaign group @TheAmpRevival are in negotiations with the pub’s owners about re-opening under a short-term commercial lease.

Thank you to the reader who sent me another Headington Olympian. Silver medal winner Katie Greves was part of the women’s eight who beat Romania into third place in a photo finish behind the USA. Katie learned to row as a pupil at @HeadingtonSch and went on to coach there. She now rows for Leander in Henley.

The ‘Endeavour’ cast and crew were in Headington – the Cemetery, no less – filming for episode 3 of series 4. Thanks to @SimplyOxford for the link.

Following reports at the beginning of the month that Bar Meze had re-opened, it’s been confirmed that it’s the same people running it.

Apparently Bury Knowle Park is a PokéStop (a Pokémon Go hotspot). If you see bunches of people wandering around staring into their smartphones, that’s why. If you haven’t got a clue what this is about just move on.

All of Headington is outraged and deeply shocked by a missing apostrophe on a new sign in North Place. “It’s a scandal!”, spluttered Erik van t’Hoole of St Andrew’s Lane. “It’s bad enough that I have to live next to Larkins Lane without an apostrophe, but this adds insult to injury! Oxford is world famous for its grammar, spelling, and commas but this appalling error brings the good name of the city into disrepute.” A Council spokesperson later said, “It’s called Locks Court because we have to use two padlocks to close the gates.”

LocksCourt
Photo: @HeadingHeritage

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

  • Barton Park junction