The Steering Group, with the financial support of Headington Action,is seeking to appoint a Project Manager to assist in the development of the Neighbourhood Plan. Click on the advertisement for the post and draft contract for more information.
Designation Application
Our application to Oxford City Council will now be the subject of a consultation, undertaken by the Council and as required by the Localism Act, the details of which have been announced by the Council on its website. A copy of our application is available here.
The decision on Headington Neighbourhood Forum’s official designation by Oxford City Council’s Executive Board is due on 14th May 2014. Click here for details.
Forum Meeting
Forum Meeting
The Forum Meeting on Thursday 17 October 2013 adopted the proposed boundary and constitution of the Forum. Check these out in Our Area, Our Area/Map and The Forum/Constitution on this website.
Discussion on some of the majors issues to be addressed in the Plan took place during this meeting. Click on the Agenda and Draft Report for details.
Annual General Meeting
The first AGM of the Forum was to have taken place in January 2014 but we have been advised that Oxford City Council will decide of the Forum’s official designation in March or April and so the first AGM will be scheduled after that.
Update: the City Council’s decision will be taken in May.
Oxford Brookes University
Masters Planning students at Oxford Brookes undertaking their dissertation are making a major contribution to the Headington Neighbourhood Planning process.
Neighbourhood Forums in Oxford
Neighbourhood Forums in Oxford are developing across the City
See the Oxford Civic Society for details.
Joint Action
In July members from the Headington, Wolvercote, Summertown & St Margaret’s and Jericho Neighbourhood Forums met to discuss possible joint actions, such as liaison with the City Council. The NFs are grateful to Richard Bradley of the Oxford Civic Society.who organised the meeting.
In Headington we are continuing the lengthy task of agreeing with the City Council a boundary for the Headingtion Neighbourhood and the outcome will be reported to the Forum and here as soon as we can. The results will be considered formally at the Forum’s first AGM (date to be decided).
Headington Neighbourhood Forum Website
This website is a point of information, consultation and a resource for all who are or want to be involved or simply want to know what is happening in the development of a local plan for Headington . Note: The boundary is as agreed with Oxford City Council for the purposes of the Neighbourhood Forum.
Please contact us if you live or work in Headington and would like to be added to the Forum’s list of contactable members. If you want to get more involved in the development then please tell us how you would like to help on the Get Involved page.
Local Groups
Check out all the local groups that involve and inform Headington residents and workers.