Lots of planning applications this week, six in our ward. If you would like to see them in full, please select “Planning applications” on the top header bar. The end dates for comments can also be found as above.
If you require information on the planning application process, please phone the City’s planning department (details on the above link) or contact David and Ruth using the Contact Us tab on the top header bar.
Some interesting and surprising comments on the content of the draft Conservation Area Appraisal of Old Headington have been published – click here to see them. This will be debated at the Area Planning East meeting at the Town Hall on 6 July at 5pm
The Community Right to Build is a set of proposals that would give local communities the power to decide what is built in their area. The new powers would mean that where developments for new houses, community facilities or shops have the agreement of the local area through a ‘community referendum’, and meet a minimum criterion, communities will not need to go through the normal planning application process.
This will give communities the freedom to decide how to meet the local priorities in their area, and allow new homes, shops, businesses or facilities to be built where they want them. Communities would be able to decide the type of developments and housing they want to see, and the benefits would be retained for the community – managed by a corporate body formed by members of the local community.
Whilst it will be for communities to identify suitable land, sources of finance and secure support for their proposals, there will be help and guidance in available, and advice from people who already have experience of taking forward community-led schemes.
For Frequently Asked Questions on this, please click here.
The University of Oxford’s application will be discussed at the City Council’s Area Planning East meeting on the first Wednesday in August.
It comprises: demolition of 4 existing buildings (including Richards, Waco and Badenoch Buildings). Erection of 2 medical research buildings on 3 floors plus basement to accommodate Nuffield Department of Medicine and Kennedy Institute, to include laboratories, offices, stores, workshops and ancillary spaces. Provision of hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking and rearrangement of car parking.
It’s amazing how many major planning applications affecting the Headington area seem to happen in the summer holidays
Following a meeting between Ruth, two councillors from Quarry/Risinghurst, and Headington Hill & Northway, and our Communities and Neighbourhoods Team Leader Martin Yapp, it has been agreed that the provisional date for the first NE Area Forum will be Tuesday 5 July at 6 pm, and the provisional venue is the Headington community centre in Gladstone Road (we are checking availability)
It is likely to follow the following format (timings are approximate):
18.00-18.30
18.30-19.30
1930-20.00
20.00
We will update this page when date and venue is confirmed
Invitations will be sent to specific individuals or groups likely to be affected e.g. Headington Business
Provisional dates for future Forum meetings are
We heard today that the appeal lodged by the owner of property at 93 Windmill Road has been dismissed by the Planning Inspector. The application was for a two storey rear extension. If you require more details, please drop us a line.
A consultation report has been published following the public meeting held at Headington Baptist Church on potential sites for development. You can read the comments made by local residents here
I don’t know about you, but I’m finding it tricky to keep up with all the consultations that are happening at the moment, especially as many are online and can be easily overlooked!
A pre-application briefing has been sent to residents groups by the University of Oxford relating to a prospective redevelopment of land at their Old Road Campus. A meeting will be held on 20/1/11 by the University with residents’ group reps. There is no application submitted to date, but if you want more details please contact your local residents’ group or get in touch with David or me
The City Council has a number of consultations happening right now. These include:
These can all be accessed via the City Council’s consultation page here.
Then there are the County’s consultations!
There will be an open meeting for Highfield residents to discuss the revised Highfield scheme on 6 JanuaryThe consultation on whether funding should be discontinued by the County Council for Bury Knowle Library will be held between March and May 2011.
We have called in the decision on increased car parking charges in the Headington District Centre (by double in one case!) for further scrutiny on 10 January. The paper showing these prospective increases can be accessed here – please click on the link from item 8 to view it. If you have any comments on this document please email either David or me as soon as possible
If any of you couldn’t get to the recent presentation at the Baptist Church in Old High Street, you may be interested to know that there are scaled down versions of the exhibition boards and maps on display at Ramsay House in St Ebbe’s in Oxford till 24 December, along with comments forms
The information is also available here
The Planning Consultation Events are for Planning Policy Officers from the City Council to hear your views about almost 100 sites that have been identified for potential development for uses such as housing, shops, student accommodation and offices over the next 15 years and to suggest other sites. They are also looking at new planning policies for housing and student accommodation. Future planning applications will ultimately be judged against these new policies.
The consultation event for the North East is happening on Tuesday
Headington Baptist Church, 78 Old High Street
Tuesday 30 November 4.30pm-7.30pm
The map of the areas put forward for development (and for what purpose), and information on how you can send in your comments, can be found here. We would urge people to go and register your views. Areas in our ward include the JR Hospital site, Ruskin fields, Old High Street car park, Dorset House (corner of London Road/Latimer Road) the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington School and Headington Prep School
The types of things Planning Officers would be interested to hear about on the site maps are:
The types of things they would be interested to hear about on the housing issues are: