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Councillors opposing city's student village
A HEALTH trust's bid to develop Warneford Meadow in Headington has taken a new turn.
Councillors at a meeting of Oxford City Council's north east area committee ignored the advice of planning officers and voted against the scheme to create a 'student village' on the 20-acre green site, next to the Warneford hospital.
More than 100 residents were at the meeting on Tuesday, which was also attended by councillors from Cowley and the East Oxford parliament.
But the vote is only advisory. The key decision on whether the scheme should be accepted in principle will be taken at next week's meeting of the city's strategic development committee.
Sietske Boeles, of the Friends of Warneford Meadow, said after the meeting: "Councillors listened to the residents and acknowledged the strong, unified local support to retain this well-loved meadow which has lain in the heart of the community for so many generations.
"But we are aware that the verdict is only advisory. It is still a cliff-hanger."
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust wants to create accommodation for 685 students and housing for 324 key workers.
7:30am Friday 26th January 2007
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CommentPosted by: DanOxford on 5:03pm Sat 17 May 08
Good news. Oxford has too many students and not enough housing for local people who work in the city and pay taxes.
Oxford has a desperate housing shortage, the green belt is threatened and students contribute little to the wider community, local businesses or shops.
I can only put Oxford city's Labour/ Lib Dem/ Green bias and infestation of bunny huggers/ tree huggers/ Anti- democracy/ progress/ free speech fascists down to the vast number (30,000+) of young people with s*d all experience of the 'real' World- despite NuLabour imposing tuition fees and Tony Bliar waffling on about bus drivers today paying for tomorrow's Lawyers.
All infill sites should be used for affordable housing, and a cap put on University expansion unless they knock a few of their own buildings down or start throwing up some student flats in their quads- it's not like the Universities are short of land or cramped behind those huge walls keeping us mere locals out is it?
Good news. Oxford has too many students and not enough housing for local people who work in the city and pay taxes.
Oxford has a desperate housing shortage, the green belt is threatened and students contribute little to the wider community, local businesses or shops.
I can only put Oxford city's Labour/ Lib Dem/ Green bias and infestation of bunny huggers/ tree huggers/ Anti- democracy/ progress/ free speech fascists down to the vast number (30,000+) of young people with s*d all experience of the 'real' World- despite NuLabour imposing tuition fees and Tony Bliar waffling on about bus drivers today paying for tomorrow's Lawyers.
All infill sites should be used for affordable housing, and a cap put on University expansion unless they knock a few of their own buildings down or start throwing up some student flats in their quads- it's not like the Universities are short of land or cramped behind those huge walls keeping us mere locals out is it?
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