Local news: Oxford
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Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival to return in November
Building on the popularity of Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival of the last few years, the 2022 festival will be popping up in new areas as well as lighting up some favourite places.
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Consultation open on draft housing, homelessness and rough sleeping strategy
It sets out the council’s intentions to provide more affordable and low-carbon homes, improve conditions for renters in all tenures and do more to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping.
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Oxford researchers receive £122m funding to improve health & care for NHS patients
The funding, over the next five years, was awarded to Oxford’s two National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centres (BRC).
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Councillor calls for alternatives from those opposed to Oxford’s traffic filters
This comes as the Council proposes to bring together 22 actions in its Central Oxfordshire Travel Plan, including three major interventions in and around Oxford city centre.
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Council seeks views on latest stage of Oxford Local Plan 2040
The planning document will be used to inform all future planning applications by setting out how and where new homes, jobs and community facilities will be delivered to make Oxford a better place to live, work and visit.
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Oxford City Council asks public whether full council tax support should be scrapped
The council is asking the public whether all working-age residents should pay up to £2 per week in council tax to help ease financial pressures.
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Green light for Oxford station and railway redevelopment with £78.6m funding
The investment will help provide an enlarged station, boosting the number of passengers the station can serve and improving accessibility to the station.
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Council announces proposals to trial six new traffic filters in Oxford
The traffic filters are part of the Council’s Central Oxfordshire Travel Plan and are supported by Oxford City Council, and aim to reduce traffic, make bus journeys faster and make walking and cycling safer.
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All private rented homes in Oxford now need a licence
All private rented homes in Oxford now need a licence in the City Council’s ‘selective licensing’ scheme that will be in force for five years.
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RWK Goodman to raise £20k for charity in Bath to London sponsored walk
The ‘Step Ahead Challenge’ will see RWK Goodman employees walking the distance between their Bath and London offices, over 10 working days from 12 to 23 September.
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Cheaper combined park and ride tickets to be trialled in Oxford
Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council have agreed to a £4.00 all-in ticket for single passengers for a six-month trial from the end of September.
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Controversial low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) made permanent in Cowley
The measures, which were previously experimental, have now been made permanent by Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green councillors in charge of the county.