OX place is the council-owned developer who wants to build on Bertie Park. They want to build a 250m path on the land behind Wytham Street to compensate us for our loss. To access it they need to build a new bridge across the Redbridge Stream. The Environment Agency first objected to OX Place’s bridgeContinue reading “No idea when Bertie Park will go to planning!”
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Why everyone in Oxford should care about Bertie Park
OCC are working on their new “2042” local plan. They want to lump recreation grounds in with “Green Infrastructure.” Nature is the priority. The “potential for recreation and movement should also be considered” … Green Infrastructure does not have to be “overly designed or dominated by fixed equipment”… It could have “wild areas and facilitiesContinue reading “Why everyone in Oxford should care about Bertie Park”
Bertie Park Update
The only time we find out anything new is when we talk to council. So that’s what we did! (Full version on OCC’s youtube channel) What OCC Councillor Chapman said (full version here): OX Place will address ALL problems raised by the Environment Agency. THEN there will be another formal planning consultation. The planning applicationContinue reading “Bertie Park Update”
Music for Bertie 26 April 2025
At our first fundraiser, music was provided by Sue Smith & Phil Freizinger, Double J Bangra and Trip Hazard, with busking by Tali. Tesco donated prizes for a raffle. Other games included guess the number of balloons in the car, knock down tins and find the real egg. Light refreshments included cakes made by KatyContinue reading “Music for Bertie 26 April 2025”
Music for Bertie
Oxford city council do not yet have planning permission to build on Bertie Park. They say Bertie could go to planning committee this Autumn at the earliest. Anna Railton says that the decision could go either way. If they finally give planning permission, we will appeal. We launch our fundraising for legal costs on theContinue reading “Music for Bertie”
New Look for Bertie Park!
OCC have finally cleaned the playground surface on Bertie Park. It took 2 years of complaints (and a threat to do it ourselves). Well worth the wait! So a reminder of why Bertie Park is well worth a visit:
We are still at it!
Bertie Park is still busy. OCC have nearly finished cleaning the surface, so we will have a new look soon. The photograph below shows spring on the park: Last October, Oxford City council appropriated the land on Bertie Park. This means that IF OCC get planning permission, they can build on Bertie. But they DON’TContinue reading “We are still at it!”
Joy Riding in North Hinksey
A small bridge joins Bertie Park Recreation Ground to land behind Wytham Street. Oxford City Council call this land the “Cold Harbour Nature Area”. Because it is not over-looked, it was in the past used for joy-riding. When Wytham Street residents complained about this, Oxford City Council installed bars on the entrance to the bridgeContinue reading “Joy Riding in North Hinksey”
Bertie development could make flooding worse
If OCC build on Bertie Park Recreation Ground there’ll be no space for free play, nowhere for basketball or football and a much smaller play area. The compensation is a 250m path on land behind Wytham Street which Thames Valley Police say isn’t suitable for unaccompanied children. We already have a bridge. OCC want toContinue reading “Bertie development could make flooding worse”
Oxford City Council don’t care
Oxford City Council wants to “grow” Oxford. It will create way more jobs than homes. Surrounding authorities have to build homes for the people who work in Oxford. And so OCC has to build on every single site on the local plan. Bertie Park is on the local plan. OCC say that social housing isContinue reading “Oxford City Council don’t care”
