Seacourt in the news again today

On the BBC: Oxford park and ride can expand on to green belt

In the Oxford Mail: Councillors race against time to challenge ‘outrageous’ Seacourt approval

STOP PRESS!

12 Oxford City Councillors have successfully asked for the application to be Called-in for consideration by the council’s Planning Review Committee. The next meeting of that committee is (provisionally) on 18 January 2018 so that seems the likely date – but subject to confirmation.

Also in the Oxford Mail re city centre car park charges rising – NB this affects only Worcester St (104 spaces) and Gloucester Green (209). Oxpens (420) and Westgate (1002) are not affected.

 

Busy but baffled (including parking data for today, 13 December)

We’re still here and busier than ever until the ridiculous and ill-considered proposal to extend Seacourt park and ride is finally defeated or abandoned.

Who in their right minds would want to build a car park in a flood plain in the first place? Talk about a white elephant. Add that it’ll cost at least £4 million and not be used makes it even more baffling.

Here’s the data from 3.20 this afternoon.

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We lost the vote by a squeak – but we won all the arguments

The Oxford Mail has reported already. We’ll have a great deal more to say about what went on, but for the tonight the article speaks for itself.

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15758143.Seacourt_Park_and_Ride_expansion_approved_by_Oxford_City_Council/#comments-anchor

This is far from over yet, this was only the first round, the fight continues unabated tomorrow.

NO NEED! Meeting to decide the Seacourt application today

NO NEED!

Two other posters which will be on display tonight

 

Meeting to decide the Seacourt application tomorrow – our posters for display

We will display these posters (and others) at the meeting of the Oxford City Council West Area Planning Committee to decide the Seacourt park and ride extension planning application, which (as you may have gathered by now) we oppose. The meeting is tomorrow evening (12 December) in the Assembly Room at the Town Hall and is open to the public; if you oppose the application please do attend. The meeting starts at 6pm and this will be the first application to be considered.

 

 

Today’s parking data (9 Dec)

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Weekends are quieter in the park and rides than are weekdays. Nevertheless we collected today’s data. Some was not available, as shown. So we visited Redbridge and Seacourt at peak times and there were plenty of empty spaces as the photos show.