Birmingham City Council has put the Stansfeld Centre off Quarry Road on the market. They are selling a 250 year lease in a two stage process, inviting bids from which they will draw up a shortlist for final negotiations. As the site has been registered as an Asset of Community Value (see the registration details here) the registrants, the Friends of Quarry Residents’ Association, have six months to try and buy the site. In practice it’s more likely that they will try to find a developer with whom they can partner so they can have control over the woodland area and the developer can build houses on the area covered by the existing buildings. This doesn’t rule out the possibility of Oxford City Council being such a partner, or being a joint partner with a specialist developer or builder. Details of the sale procedure and much more detail about the development possibilities of the site are here on Birmingham City’s website.
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Headington Headlines #198
Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 19 – 25 January.
Clerkenwell Properties Ltd, presumably the owners of Kennett House, the block of shops and offices including Iceland, have applied to the City Council to decide whether or not they need planning permission to convert the offices over the shops to 12 flats. See Planning Application reference 15/00189/B56.
Birmingham City Council has told @RosalindRogers that the woodland area of the Stansfeld Outdoor Centre will not be redeveloped.
@Oxford_Brookes announced that their new Vice-Chncellor is to be Professor Alistair Fitt. He is currently the university’s Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange.
Developers Frontier are mounting a new public exhibition of their proposals for the corner of Latimer Road. It’s on Tuesday 27 January from 4 – 8pm in the St Clement’s Family Centre in Cross Street. See their invitation for more details. No planning application has yet been submitted.
Marsh Lane, Marston was closed for a time on Saturday afternoon following a collision between a car and an ambulance. Three people suffered minor injuries.
Johnson Cleaners is closing on 5 February and moving to 61 Woodstock Road.
My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:
Active posts on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:
- Silver Joggers starting up again
- The Economist on Oxford/Cambridge
- Revised Proposals for the Development of Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry
- Marston Shops
- London Road “Improvement” Scheme
- Community Matters
- Kennett House (block that includes Iceland)
- Margaret Road zebra crossing work
- Oxfordshire Transport Strategy
- Old Marston parish council website
Headington Headlines #173
Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 21 – 27 July.
A cyclist suffered head and leg injuries and was taken to hospital after a collision outside the Shell petrol station early on Tuesday morning. His injuries were said to be serious but not life-threatening.
A police operation in Northway on Monday morning resulted in 50 drivers being stopped and one car confiscated. Some bizarre and worrying examples in the brief report.
There’s talk of forming a cricket team in Marston. Contact @OldMarstonPC if you’re interested.
Friends of Quarry are considering putting in a bid for the Stansfeld Outdoor Centre, although the property is not yet on the market.
There’s been a spate of burglaries in Headington and Marston.
The Co-Wheels car sharing club has been named a Social Innovation Pioneer by corporate consultants Deloitte.
My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:
Active posts on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:
- Smoking at JR Hospital
- Carterton/Witney bus to JR Hospital
- Fitness Classes in Piper St Scout Hall
- Headington bike hire scheme
- Satellite dish outside Tesco