We have been fighting to save Bertie Park Recreation Ground for more than 5 years. Oxford City Council want to build social/affordable housing. But more housing increases the need for recreation grounds. The government is now consulting on a policy in its National Planning Policy Framework. It would like to make it easier to build on well-used recreation grounds. Please sign our petition:
(2nd) consultation now finished: 3 support, 357 object. Even the police object details here. OCC say Bertie Park Recreation ground isn’t needed because this area is working class. The need for social housing trumps our need for a recreation ground.
This could go to planning committee in the new year. Cllr Railton thinks that the decision could go either way. Click here to help us to raise enough money for a legal challenge.
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List of Oxford parks, recreation grounds and allotments “suitable for development”
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Save Britain’s Recreation Grounds
We are taking a petition to Downing Street (sign here). The government is consulting on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). This controls how councils make local plans and how they make decisions. The changes will mean NO recreation ground will be safe from development. The existing NPPF says: The government want to…
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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