To: media covering Oxford From: Jessica Upton, Extinction Rebellion Oxford 7th January 2021 Press Release for Immediate release CHRIS PACKHAM LEADS PETITION EFFORT TO STOP HS2 Chris Packham, leading TV naturalist and presenter, has launched a major petition campaign to stop […]
PostCovidPlanning is very real ( Editor’s note: As so often, an individual #local issue has created a community identification and leadership and the resulting activism makes a significant contribution to planning overall.) […]
Review chief’s HS2 support driven by £9bn sunk costs and ‘fragile’ state of construction sector 18 DEC, 2020 BY CATHERINE KENNEDY (From https://www.newcivilengineer.com/account/newsletter/ ) The chair of the government-ordered review of High Speed 2 (HS2) based his recommendations on the amount of […]
If we leave it to the untrammelled market, we will keep on getting the placemaking we’ve always had, writes Chris Brown, executive chairman of Igloo Regeneration. 14 December 2020 The Home of 2030 design competition result was announced by the […]
Note by local group WestWay Concern also at https://mailchi.mp/7ace72e245de/permission_refused?e=477610f4e7 On Wednesday (2nd December) the Vale District Council planning committee voted to REFUSE planning permission for the increased size in Block A of the controversial major development at Botley, […]
“I was arrested for doing my duty, for taking responsibility, for trying to protect life.” From: Jessica Upton & Anne Taylor, Extinction Rebellion Oxford (XRO) NEWS RELEASE – 30 November 2020 Extinction Rebellion Oxford, and its groups elsewhere, are opposed to the […]
This is a summary paragraph We will add the whole story when we get a minute (An instance of Mad Council Disease (MCD), and its deleterious results:) St. Paul’s Playing Field, Hammersmith. Ten acres of park carefully planned in […]
DEMONSTRATION: EXTINCTION REBELLION CALLS ON COUNCILLORS TO SUPPORT CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY BILL – 30.11.2020 Oxford City Council will be debating a motion to support the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill(1) in its meeting on Monday 30th November(2). The motion, if […]
The A303 Stonehenge Examiners recommended refusal. Why? Posted on 21 November, 2020 by Stonehenge Alliance The Stonehenge Alliance is a group of non-governmental organisations and individuals that seeks enhancements to the Stonehenge World Heritage Site and opposes development that would cause it significant harm. READ […]
The draft Strategic Vision for Oxfordshire is open to comment, closes 3rd Jan. 2021. Details including link to relevant page on Oxfordshire Open Thought website, below. You need to scroll through the blurb to find the start of the survey at […]
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