After waiting nearly 2 months for them to be designed, agreed and printed, postcards have finally been delivered to the homes closest to Bertie Park. They are a little misleading. Homes won’t be built AT Bertie Park, but ON Bertie Park’s boundary zone. This means that Bertie won’t end up looking anything like this …
It will look more like this …
Postcards haven’t been delivered on the other side of the Abingdon road. A local resident said:
The City Council do not care about this side of Abingdon Road; Cold Harbour. We do not matter. We have no right to comment on the plans to build houses on Bertie Park. Our children and Grandchildren are not entitled to play in the park? We did not receive the letter in 2019 informing us about OCC intending to build 31 houses on Bertie Park and have not received the recent leaflet because OCC know we would oppose the plans. Bertie Park is a haven for us all, there are plenty of places to build houses without taking our Bertie Park, a scaled down version is not acceptable.
Resident of Fox Crescent
For those who didn’t get a post card, here is the reverse side. It explains some of the difficulties. OCC promises to share its designs some time in 2022. We assume that this means after the election?
Save Bertie Park Oxford 