Oxford desperately needs social housing, but at what cost? There is a reason why government policy says that you shouldn’t build on recreation grounds unless they are replaced. Building on Bertie Park would have a major impact on the everyday lives of families at this end of the ward. It is only right that they know the facts.
There is a problem when policy is not formed by debate, but decided along party lines. It then becomes necessary to make the facts fit policy, rather than produce policy which fits the facts. The facts become enemies.
We put posters up in the park making the facts clear. Since the start of the survey, they are now being torn down.
We have heard that people have been instructed not to fill in our survey. What are we asking?
Progress is slow, but the response so far is massive. We will obviously share the results of our survey with the council, but we won’t share names and addresses. That’s only reasonable. If the council need, for any reason, to verify our data, we will only share it with an independent agent under our supervision.
Save Bertie Park Oxford 