On 23rd June Oxford City Council gave planning permission to build on Bertie Park. On June 29th we learnt that the decision has been “called in” for review by the planning review committee. The committee next meets on September 9th. We have no idea if Bertie Park will be on the agenda. Watch this space!
Bertie Park is 90 years old. We have been fighting to save Bertie Park Recreation Ground for more than 5 years. Oxford City Council want to use it for social/affordable housing. But more housing means more people, which increases the need for recreation grounds. OCC’s planning portal shows that 3 members of the community support the proposals, 357 object. Even the police object details here. If you want more details, please have a look at the new deep dive page.
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Bertie Park decision being reconsidered!
Cllr Upton is chair of the planning committee. She summed up before the vote: “I actually think, having grown up in the countryside, I love having wild space to go around that’s not actually a MUGA or a playground. I think having a nature trail around Site B could be actually rather nice, especially as…
Planning permission not the end of the story for Bertie Park
Oxford city council planning committee has approved plans for building 100% social/affordable housing on Bertie Park. This depends on the award of a Homes England grant. If they don’t get the grant, they have to go back to planning committee. They will plant blackberry bushes to make sure that people can’t wander off the path…
Bertie Park goes to Planning Committee 23rd June
Bertie Park is 90 years old. It was built at a time when it made more sense to invest in recreation grounds to keep people healthy, than hospitals to treat the sick. This means that most people in this area played on Bertie Park, their kids play on it, or their grandchildren do. That’s why…
At some point, we must draw a line and say if we want [Oxford] to be a great place for people to live, then we also have to protect the things that make it great: the things people love, like Bertie Rec.
Oxford Mail. 11th March 2021
Save Bertie Park Oxford 
Good evening
We must change this government immediately by calling for a general election.
I support your cause. I hope your park is saved in the near future. Social justice will prevail, and your park will be saved.
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