Street Trading policy

 Oxford City Council wants to become one of the first authorities to stipulate that all food containers should be recyclable or biodegradable.

It is also considering a recommendation that traders must be more than 100m from secondary schools and colleges during the daytime, and  to improve food standards across the city it is proposed that all traders must maintain a minimum food hygiene rating of 3 or above.

The consultation runs until 12 August and is available here for you to send in your comments.

 

Barton Park – public briefing on Thursday

Following the granting of outline planning permission last year for the Barton Park development (see Barton Park: 13/01383/OUT), the applicant is preparing to submit “Reserved Matters” planning application/s in relation to key strategic infrastructure for the site, which is anticipated to be reported to the East Area Planning Committee for decision before the end of 2014.

This application/s will contain details of the junction arrangements to the A40, the main spinal road, including the two public squares, surface water and foul drainage, the linear Park and any earthworks needed to re-level parts of the site.

This briefing has been arranged for the applicants to update Councillors both in terms of these infrastructure works, as well as on progress to date on detailed proposals to deliver the residential and other development on the site.

This meeting is open to members of the public. All are welcome to attend. There is no need to contact the Council beforehand.

Location: Oxford Town Hall

Thursday 24 July

17.00

PS Ruth agrees that 17.00 is a very poor start time for people with full-time jobs outside Oxford, and for those who pick up children from school and nursery straight after work. She constantly complains about this to officers!

 

Older workers in Oxford set to benefit from new business champion

9% of pensioners aged 65 and over in Oxford still go to work, with older staff offering a boost to local firms.  The news comes as the Government unveiled Dr Ros Altmann as its first Business Champion for Older Workers.  She will promote the benefits of older workers in the workplace.

Older workers are vital to the success of the economy in Oxford. Staff in their fifties and sixties tend to be loyal to employers, help bring in a new generation of workers and are trusted by customers. In Oxford, the employment rate of those aged 50-64 is 77.1%.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the number of 65-year-olds in work across the UK doubled from around 500,000 in 2003 to over a million in 2014. Meanwhile, 7.9m people aged 50 to 64-years-old still have jobs compared to 6.6m in 2003.

Planning decision at Emden House goes through

The application to create 4 extra parking spaces has been given planning permission. This permission is linked to the Bury Knowle Depot development in that it is expected there will be an agreement between Emden House and contractors to allow trades vehicle parking during construction. For more details of the permission, please click on planning decisions tab.

Planning applications about trees

Applications to carry out work on trees can be controversial, and there is one application affecting The Croft which is causing a lot of concern currently. Here are the latest tree applications for our ward:
14/02017/CAT

Ruskin Hall, Dunstan Road

Various tree work to multiple trees (as specified in the application form) in the Old Headington Conservation Area

  14/02050/CAT

1 Ethelred Court

Fell 1 no. Judas tree in Old Headington Conservation Area

Old Road Campus application

Documents have been sent to the City Council to show that conditions attached to planning permission for developments on the site have been complied with. To see them please click here.

The planning officer will now check through them and decide whether conditions have been discharged using delegated powers.