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Bertie Park is often busy on a Friday afternoon. This video shows the role that Bertie Park plays in our community. If they build on Bertie, many of our young people will have to find somewhere else to play. The council always says that they want to build on Bertie Park because it has beenContinue reading “Saving Bertie Park”

The planning application is out! The council are asking for comments. Click here to see the whole site layout, click here for the play area and click here for the nature trail. There are many more documents on the council site. You will need to give your name, address and email. They will ask youContinue reading “Please comment on the Bertie Park planning application”

The council say that they are right now “verifying” the planning application for building on Bertie Park. The final plans will be ready for us to comment on very, very soon. Here’s some of our young people ready for a rough ride! So, it is a really good time to get together on Bertie Park.Continue reading “Bring and Share tea party after school on 26th May”

There is a new approach to safeguarding that does not blame parents for the behaviour of their children. It looks at the places where problems can happen: The school corridors, the shops, the stairwells where things can happen out of sight. Oxford County Council recommended watching this video of Carlene Firmen giving a TED talk:Continue reading “How to make sure our children are safe”

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 theyContinue reading “Posters torn down”

Oxford City Council want to replace Bertie Park “like with like as far as the space constraints allow”. The new recreation area will have everything it has now. It will have a play garden, a Multi-Use Games Area and space for free play. But everything will be much, much smaller. There will also be aContinue reading “Where will all the kids play when they come out of school?”

Oxford City Council has a policy that “existing open space, sports and recreational buildings and land … should not be built on unless the loss resulting from the proposed development would be replaced by equivalent or better provision in terms of quantity and quality in a suitable location”. (Green spaces, biodiversity, and open-air sports) ThisContinue reading “Equal or better?”

The new plans show that there is very little space for anything. The new MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) will be 24m long. This is 4 metres shorter than our current MUGA. It is only marked out for basketball. There are no goal areas! Putting them in would make it even shorter. There will beContinue reading “No football at Bertie Park …”

We now have the plans for the Bertie Park Development. You have until the 18th of November to tell Oxford City Council what you think. Click here for the council’s plans and click here for the survey. One question asks what we would prefer for communal space on site A. Both the MUGA and playContinue reading “How will Bertie Park shrink?”