Kaddy has asked for a judicial review of the decision to appropriate Bertie Park. Part of the challenge is that OCC have appropriated 80% of the park. They say that a new MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) on the 20% which is left will meet the current needs for somewhere to play football and basket ball AND for free play. We think this is not rational. We should know very soon if the council will defend its decision.
This is what we said to OCC on Monday 25th November:
Councillors were asked to decide whether to gamble rate payer money on winning the case. This was councillor Turner’s short reply:
For the very first time the council could not say:
Save Bertie Park Oxford 