Save Bertie Park, Oxford

18/10/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/10/08/how-to-solve-the-bertie-park-problem/

27/08/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/08/27/a-life-line-for-bertie-park/

For 10 years, Tom Hayes was councillor for St Clement’s. He’s now MP for Bournemouth. In 2025 he set up the first all-party parliamentary group on play; fighting hard for recreation gro…

20/08/2026

Looks like I forgot to post this one!

From 2020 to 2024 Sandford Sewage works leaked sewage into the river for a total of 9 months. The Bertie Park development would produce more sewage. And so, the Environment Agency objected. They on…

20/08/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/08/20/bertie-park-and-the-aquifer/

Bertie Park is an ex-landfill site. The Environment Agency says there is a “high risk” that building on the park could disturb the landfill. Contaminants could start to move into the underground wa…

12/08/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/08/12/residents-can-look-out-over-the-buffer-zone-where-their-garden-was-supposed-to-be/

The Oxford city council has a policy (H16) that everyone should have a bit of private open space where they can just sit, or eat or dry their washing. Their Bertie Park policy (SP32) says there has…

29/07/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/07/29/should-bertie-park-be-replaced-with-equal-or-better/

The government says you shouldn’t build on recreation grounds unless you don’t need them, or you replace them with equal or better. It’s also council policy. Oxford has a list of parks.…

17/07/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/07/17/bertie-park-fact-check/

We’re going back to planning committee on September 9th. Posters have appeared with reasons to build on Bertie Park. So, here’s a quick fact check!

01/07/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/07/01/bertie-park-decision-being-reconsidered/

Cllr Upton is chair of the planning committee. She summed up before the vote: “I actually think, having grown up in the countryside, I love having wild space to go around that’s not actually …

24/06/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/06/24/planning-permission-not-the-end-of-the-story-for-bertie-park/

Oxford city council planning committee has approved plans for building 100% social housing on Bertie Park. This depends on the award of a Homes England grant. If they don’t get the grant, the…

16/06/2026

https://savebertie.com/2026/06/16/bertie-park-goes-to-planning-committee-23rd-june/

Bertie Park is 90 years old. It was built at a time when it made more sense to invest in recreation grounds to keep people healthy, than hospitals to treat the sick. This means that most people in …