On 15th November, Oxford City Council will decide whether to appropriate Bertie Park Recreation Ground for building.
OCC have to appropriate Bertie Park before they can build on it. Appropriation is a legal procedure described in section 122 of the 1972 Local Government Act. This says councils can only appropriate land which is no longer needed … and that councils must consider the community’s objections.
OCC did not consider objections about the need for Bertie. They agree that Bertie Park is needed. They say they are going to reprovide the facilities. But they are going to give us a smaller play area and MUGA. They say that Hinksey Park, Deans Ham and Fox Crescent are all within easy walking distance. The green space will be reprovided as a nature trail on land that the police say is not safe for unaccompanied children.
We don’t think their arguments are sound. We will upload details of our objections here before the meeting.
Find out what the council will decide, and whether we will have to fight this in court. Join us on November 15th either at the Town Hall or online via OCC’s youtube channel.
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