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What does Labour say about Bertie Park?

What does this really mean? It means that councillors have finally realised that they can’t just build on the playground and multi-use games area. The local plan says that “the existing Bertie Place recreation ground, including a replacement Multi-use Games Area” should be re-provided. What does this really mean? It means that Naomi and MarieContinue reading “What does Labour say about Bertie Park?”

Spring in Bertie Park

With the warm weather Bertie Park is back in full swing. Our community is using every square inch of park. This is the sound of spring. spring-on-bertie This is what we will lose if they build on Bertie Park. Interesting question: how many young people can you fit into a basket swing?

OCC Parks and Green Spaces Survey

Oxford city council are carrying out a survey of Parks and Green Spaces. Here is the link. This needs to be completed by March 29th. Completing this for Bertie Park would be really helpful for the campaign, but you can complete this for as many parks as you like. The survey has 9 questions (itContinue reading “OCC Parks and Green Spaces Survey”

OCC sends postcards

After waiting nearly 2 months for them to be designed, agreed and printed, postcards have finally been delivered to the homes closest to Bertie Park. They are a little misleading. Homes won’t be built AT Bertie Park, but ON Bertie Park’s boundary zone. This means that Bertie won’t end up looking anything like this …Continue reading “OCC sends postcards”

Why building houses on Bertie Park won’t solve the housing crisis

Cllr Hollingsworth has said that he doesn’t understand how not building homes will solve the housing crisis in Oxford. Imagine that the housing crisis is like a hole in the ground. If Oxford City Housing Ltd builds homes, this should fill the hole. The housing list should become smaller. But this doesn’t happen. The housingContinue reading “Why building houses on Bertie Park won’t solve the housing crisis”

What are the questions that Oxford City Council does not want to answer?

We were assured that the Bertie Park consultation was due any day. Now there is yet another delay. Could this be anything to do with the upcoming elections? Wanting to understand, we sent some questions to the council. They replied we are “not able to go into the detail you are requesting at the moment”.Continue reading “What are the questions that Oxford City Council does not want to answer?”

Oxford City Council have no clear vision

Oxford City council’s new economic strategy is incoherent by design. It is driven by the Venn diagram below: Choosing a Venn diagram allows the council to use a pick and mix approach where OCC e.g. can say that inclusion is a priority, but run projects that make Oxford more unequal. For more details of thisContinue reading “Oxford City Council have no clear vision”

Bertie Park: Looking forward

The Bertie Park consultation has been delayed many times. Ever since last May, it has been postponed one month at a time. Oxford City Council continues to struggle with the practicalities of the project, and so kicks the can down the road. We have been told that an announcement is imminent, so we are treadingContinue reading “Bertie Park: Looking forward”

What do we want for Christmas?

Last Monday, we went to a council meeting to explain why the current proposals for developing Bertie Park are a deviation from the local plan, and that there have been no “extensive consultations”. The council didn’t try to engage with our arguments, but simply said that they “stood by their words absolutely”. So, on Saturday,Continue reading “What do we want for Christmas?”

Join us on Saturday 4th, 12 till 1

Oxford City Council continues to kick the can down the road. The consultation is now due for January, but we need to show that we still care. Meet at St Luke’s (Canning Crescent) on Monday 29th 4.00 – 5.00 to prepare posters. On the 4th December, we will be at Carfax 12.00 – 1.00. Passers-byContinue reading “Join us on Saturday 4th, 12 till 1”