A couple of weeks ago October Oxford City Council was saying that appropriation of Bertie Park was “a paper exercise”. On 7th November they released a report recommending that OCC cabinet should go ahead and appropriate the land on Bertie Park for housing. 13th November we sent our speech to the Council 14th November OCCContinue reading “The speech that stopped OCC in their tracks?”
Category Archives: Save Bertie Park
Cabinet Discussion Cancelled
3.00 this afternoon (Wednesday 15th November), at the very last minute, Oxford City Council have taken the approptiation of Bertie Park off the agenda for tonight’s cabinet meeting. There is no explanation. The council’s report recommended the appropriation of the park. The speech that we submitted challenged their arguments. It is clear that something hadContinue reading “Cabinet Discussion Cancelled”
Witness this important decision!
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 longerContinue reading “Witness this important decision!”
Will Bertie Park be dropped from the 2040 local plan?
Whenever there is a new plan, it is sent to the Secretary of State for approval. They check to see if it is deliverable and if it complies with government guidance. Previous plans for Bertie Park were always approved because they said “planning permission will only be given if the recreation ground, including the MUGAContinue reading “Will Bertie Park be dropped from the 2040 local plan?”
Bertie Park News
There’s lots happening. The environment agency objected to OCC’s plans for the bank of the stream. We submitted a complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman. And the council announced that it wanted to appropriate Bertie Park so that it could “regenerate it”. So we went to talk to the council again: What we found out:Continue reading “Bertie Park News”
