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Headington Headlines #203

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 23 February – 1 March.

The owners of the closed Quarry Gate pub have submitted a plannning application to find out if they need prior approval for their chosen method of demolishing it. Basically they want to knock it down with mechanical equipment. They intend demolition to start on 1 April (no joke).

The @Oxonbike scheme is to get three more locations: Oxford Busiiness Park, the Warneford Hospital, and Littlemore Mental Health Centre.

The planning application to build two houses next to C.S.Lewis’s house in Windmill Road (see HH 195) has been withdrawn.

Oxford Civic Society’s OxClean initiative launched next weekend’s Spring Clean (6 – 8 March) at @WindmillOxford School on Friday afternooon.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

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

  • Cyclists on Pavements
  • Marston Tesco?
  • Quarry Gate pub
  • Number 10 bus
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 #202

TonyOX3

Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 16 – 22 February.

In a letter published on Streetlife, Tesco confirm they will not be building a store on the site of the old Friar pub in Marston. They say they will be “working with the local planning authority and key stakeholders to find alternative uses” for the site.

There’s a suggestion emerging from the Neighbourhood Plan process @HeadingtonPlan that Headington might benefit from having a Parish Council. For a full account of the workings of Parish Councils see this guest blog about Old Marston PC by @theabingdontaxi from June last year.

There’s a consistent story of problems with internet connections and speeds in the New Headington area. The e-democracy forum has a thread running, and people are suspicious that the problems might be linked to the London Road roadworks.

Parts of Marston suffered a power cut on Wednesday, apparently caused by a kite (on a string, not a red bird) shorting out the power lines.

The City Council has imposed a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) at Foresters Tower in Wood Farm. The Order prohibits “persons under 21 from entering or remaining in the tower unless they have a legitimate reason for visiting a resident”. It is a criminal offence to breach the order and it can be enforced by the police and delegated council officers.

The Minutes of the Neighbourhood Plan Forum on 10 february are now on the @HeadingtonPlan website.

Barton is “too clean for OxClean”, apparently. A walk-about by OxClean organisers, local councillors and community workers found so little litter they decided it won’t be worth sending in the OxClean volunteers over the Spring Clean weekend (6 – 8 March). Instead the Barton Community group will combine a clean-up with other activities later in the month.

Live music came to @ButchersArmsOxf for the first time when local band @EyeConUK played a gig on Saturday night.

In other pub news the Britannia Inn’s twitter account is now @Britannia_Inn. Their old one, @thebritoxford, is being phased out.

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

  • Headington Post Office
  • Pub on Barton Park?
  • Why is Headington so Dead on a Saturday night?
  • Internet Connection in Headington
  • Marston tesco?
  • pet sitting swap
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 #201

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 9 – 15 February.

An article in the Oxford Times threw a little more light on the rumours about the future of the Headington Post Office, but its future is still unclear.

Three women accused of robbing another woman in Headington in December 2013 were found not guilty at Oxford Crown Court this week.

The East Area Planning Committee met on Wednesday and approved ‘reserved matters’ for the @BartonPark_ development, including street designs, parking, drainage, landscaping, footpaths, cycle paths and parks. They also agreed minor changes to the A40 junction leading to the estate.

Jonathan Martin Mills of Risinghurst died in a fire in a public toilet in Faringdon on Monday.

Our new branch of the Skipton Building Society was oficially opened on Wednesday by Oxford’s Lord Mayor Mohammed Abbasi.


Picture: @FennPaulfenn

The Wine Club at @TheWhiteHartH restarted on Wednesday evening after the year-end break. Eight wines to taste, and take a bottle home.

A woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries yesterday (Sunday) morning after being assaulted at a house in Warren Crescent (off Girdlestone Road). A 38-year-old man has been arrested.

The Headington Neighbourhood Plan Forum met on Tuesday. The minutes have not yet been published.

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

  • Housing Policy
  • Community Networking & Integration evening
  • Headington Post Office
  • Car Parking in New Headington
  • Headington Hill Park Friends
  • Pub on Barton Park?
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.