Are the City Council’s proposals in the local plan?
Bertie Park first appeared on Oxford City Council’s local plans because somebody thought it would be possible to move the recreation ground. In 2019 the council proposed that Bertie Park should become “a smaller but more modern play area”. The latest proposal is to squeeze the playground and the multi-use games area into the new development.
The local plan clearly states that planning permission should not be granted for either of these proposals:
It does not say that only the playground and the MUGA should be re-provided, it says the recreation ground should be reprovided. The green space around the amenities in a recreation ground is called a buffer zone. It is part of the recreation ground.
The council wants to build around 30 dwellings. This would mean using ALL of the green space for building. Bertie Park would have a playground and a MUGA, but not a blade of grass.
Save Bertie Park Oxford 
What is it with Oxford City Council’s assault on our natural environment? They seem to be endlessly removing trees, latest proposal to feel the Woodstock ones, building on green spaces, reducing the green belt. Oxford is already extremely congested, the built environment cannot cope with the planned increase in residents – it is barely coping now. I thought there was a climate crisis on yet we continue on and on destroying natural spaces. This is going to have a detrimental impact on the mental health of future generations.
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