Oxford City Council say that Bertie Park has been on the local plan for 20 years. This is what the notices on our lamp posts say:
This means that they can’t just build on Bertie. The proposals were supposed to go to the planning committee in August. Now it is October or November. The 1972 Local Government Act (here) says that they will have to “appropriate” the land first. This means they will have to do 3 things:
- Show that the park is no longer needed
2. Put an advertisement in the local paper for 2 weeks in a row
3. Consider any objections
Watch out for the consultation! But this time they will have to listen. Watch this space.
Meanwhile, they will be carrying out more very invasive investigations on Bertie Park on 24th & 25th July, “similar to what has happened previously”. Waste of money, or what? The picture above shows what it looked like when somebody removed the manhole cover from one of the holes they made last time.
Save Bertie Park Oxford 