For an update on what’s happening in Headington please see the Headington Action website and Headington News page listing help in Headington.

SATURDAY 1st JUNE
In Headington Shopping Centre
10am-3pm: Entertainments, food, crafts, refreshments and the stalls of the Saturday Market in the centre of Headington.

Later in Bury Knowle Park
3pm-6pm: Real Ale, Gin, Soft Drinks, Hot Food and Music
6pm: FREE Family Film Ralph Breaks the Internet PG
9pm: FREE Film – Black Panther 12A

SUNDAY 2nd JUNE
In Bury Knowle Park
1pm-5pm: Many local organisations’ stalls; sports to try; fire engine and police vehicle to explore; foods and ice cream; craft ales; farm animals to pet; results of the children’s wildlife photography competition and the photographs displayed.

Click here for more details

Fifteen places have been nominated this year to be added to Oxford’s Heritage Asset Register.  Of these, six are in the Headington Neighbourhood Plan Area.  They will be considered at the East Area Planning Committee on July 4th 2018.  The committee paper recommending approval can be viewed here.

Cuckoo Lane
All Saints Church, Lime Walk
8thOxford Scout Hut (formerly All Saints Mission Chapel)
Hilsboro, 14 Holyoake Road
18 Windsor Street and 6 Perrin Street
85 (All Saints Vicarage), Old Road

If you have suggestions for additions in the next year’s round of nominations, please contact Headington Neighbourhood Forum or Headington Action.

The Summertown and St. Margaret’s Neighbourhood Forum has formally submitted their Neighbourhood Development Plan, together with supporting documents to Oxford City Council, as the Local Planning Authority. This Plan proposal is now available for public consultation. The public consultation period will  run for 6 weeks from Wednesday 30^th May to 11^th July 2018. The Neighbourhood Development Plan together with the associated supporting documents will be available to view both on the City Council’s website (www.oxford.gov.uk/ssmconsultation) and ‘hard copies,’ can be viewed at the following three venues:

• Oxford City Council’s Offices at St. Aldate’s Chambers, 109-113 St. Aldate’s, Oxford, OX1 1DS 
• North Oxford Association, Diamond Place, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7DP
• Summertown Public Library, 17 South Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7JN 

Representations should be made using the form provided (attached) which can be downloaded and then completed and returned to the Planning Policy via email (planningpolicy@oxford.gov.uk).  Guidance notes for completing the comment form are also attached to this email.

The ‘Plan Proposal’ together with the representations received during the public consultation period will then be passed on to the appointed Inspector when the Plan is submitted for Examination.

SATURDAY 2ND JUNE
10am – 3pm in Headington
Food, crafts, refreshments and the stalls of the Saturday Market in the centre of Headington.

SUNDAY 3RD JUNE
1pm – 5pm in Bury Knowle Park
Many local organisations’ stalls; sports to try; fire engine and police vehicle to explore; foods and ice cream; craft ales; farm animals to pet; results of the children’s wildlife photography competition and the photographs displayed.

Click here for more details

Oxford City Council has published its report on the Local Plan public consultation.

It is extremely pleasing to see that the public support the Headington Neighbourhood Forum’s view on the need for keyworker housing.

The Forum weren’t able to include a planning policy that supported replacing affordable housing requirements on institutional sites (hospitals / universities) with keyworker housing since it would have not complied with the current Local Plan, but the consultation shows strong support for changing that policy in the new Local Plan.