OCC have to appropriate the land at Bertie Park if they want to build on it. They can only do this if Bertie Park is not needed. OCC are now consulting their lawyers. They advertised their intention to appropriate Bertie Park, two weeks in a row in the Oxford Times, and asked for objections. OCCContinue reading “Do you object to the Bertie Park Development?”
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How can anyone make an informed decision if OCC are not willing to be honest?
When we talked to OCC cabinet on 9th August, OCC struggled to reply: The play area will be “relatively similar”. This is dishonest. All the current and the new play area have in common is a basket swing. Ours is the best in Oxford. The proposed basket swing is just sad. “We could have upContinue reading “How can anyone make an informed decision if OCC are not willing to be honest?”
Please Stand with Us
The consultation for the Bertie Park development is only weeks away in October/November. The planning application will be heard in January. The council want to deviate from the local plan and squeeze our playground and Multi Use Games Area into a new housing development. This means complaints about noisy football games 10 meters away fromContinue reading “Please Stand with Us”
Young People talking about Bertie Park
M.M who is 19, going on 72 said “it is nice to chill, have fun, socialising”. He didn’t want to lose the park adding “It’s pathetic. Let’s be real. Round this side of the bridge there is no other park. If they take this park away, it will affect every local citizen and all youngContinue reading “Young People talking about Bertie Park”
Save Bertie Park Oxford 