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What the Budget means for Oxfordshire

What the Budget means for Oxfordshire

Rachel Reeves (PPE, New College) has delivered a budget which, at first sight, has much more for Cambridge than Oxford. The Other Place™ gets new housing, support for the “wider Cambridge life sciences cluster”, £10m for the Cambridge Growth Company, a consultation on a new railway, and a shout-out as

Clarion Weekly, 27 September 2024

Clarion Weekly, 27 September 2024

This week’s top stories More than a month's rain fell across the county in 24 hours at the beginning of the week, causing school closures, road and public transport disruption. This continued intermittently through the week. A selection of local councillors on the case: Oxford Lord Mayor

Housing Week: The Green Belt

Housing Week: The Green Belt

It’s remarkable how Oxford has barely grown in 50 years. Here’s the city limits in 1968: And today: You can while away a happy half-hour playing ‘Spot the Difference’. Here’s a few starters: Greater Leys (mid-1980s). Barton Park (2019 onwards). A little infill around Sandhills and Wood

Oxford’s traffic problem: the big picture

Oxford’s traffic problem: the big picture

No issue in Oxfordshire is more fiercely contested than Oxford’s traffic. Most people agree it’s a problem – but not how to fix it. Oxfordshire County Council, which is responsible for roads across city and county, is trying to reshape Oxford’s traffic through a series of interventions – Low

Clarion Weekly, 6 September 2024

Clarion Weekly, 6 September 2024

Is the future of transport being hatched on a converted Bicester airfield? In this week's Clarion long read we take a look at how a site in “Motorsport Valley” has become home to flying taxis, advanced electric drive, and even electric go-karts. Read the full story. This week’

The street in the National Cycle Network where cycling is banned

The street in the National Cycle Network where cycling is banned

You might have thought a fundamental tenet of a National Cycle Network would be that you could ride a bike along it. In Bicester, that isn’t the case. The Varsity Way is the official signposted cycle route from Oxford to Cambridge. Blue signs with the number ‘51’ on them

Oxfordshire’s biggest ever new town

Oxfordshire’s biggest ever new town

A plan for 6,000 new homes on a former airfield has been submitted in what would be Oxfordshire’s biggest ever single development. Upper Heyford air base – used by both the RAF and the US Air Force – closed in 1993. It was speculatively acquired by housebuilder Dorchester in 2009.