General New Stadium Plans - The Triangle - Land Deal

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Missus's response to the survey below...


Although I myself am not a football supporter, my fiance attends OUFC matches very regularly. Football is an escape for him in his very busy life, and allows him to let out his emotions in a safe and friendly environment cheering on his beloved yellows. For him, the idea of OUFC being homeless is deeply distressing as the club means so much to him.

From a young age OUFC has been a big part of his life, being given free tickets on many occasions to watch matches alongside his youth team Chesterton Terriers, as well as having the opportunity to do training sessions at the club's training ground. A perfect way to introduce young people to sports and get them out of the house to do something good with their time.

The triangle site offers the perfect solution to saving the county's only professional sports club, whilst also being at the heart of the community being easily accessible for everyone across the county.

OUFC have conducted themselves impeccable in the process of moving to the triangle and have addressed all of the councils criteria extremely well. As I have detailed below...

1) The green barrier will not only be maintained, but enhanced through the new green space to be positioned at the North of the site. Combined with the inclusion of 'Green Roofs', biodiversity will be increased from what it is presently.

2) The proposals show improvements to cycle and pedestrian routes around the area, allowing easier access to Stratfield Brake nature reserve from Oxford direction, as a new crossing will go over frieze way.

3) The club are eager to take over the maintenance and development of Stratfield Brake sports ground, which will enhance facilities for local sports clubs whilst also reducing the substantial footfall for the local parish council that currently lease the land (circa 100k to 200k).

4) Again, the improvement of pedestrian and cycle routes will allow for easy access to the site via sustainable methods. Being situated on 2 bus routes and a main line rail station, sustainable public transport access could not be better for any site in the county.

5) The new site will inevitably be larger and more advanced the the current stadium, opening up hundreds of employment opportunities for the local community.

6) The onsite fitness and community centre will be a massive benefit to the local community and in addition to the potential improvements to Stratfield Brake, and the addition of new sports fields to the north- east, will allow people across the county better access to sport, helping improve the physical and mental health of many.

7) The environmental benefits of the club moving to the triangle are without question. Currently thousands of fans, my fiance included spend anywhere up to 1 hour waiting in traffic to exit the kassam stadium car park. This results in thousands of hours worth's of idling engines every week, polluting the air. By increasing the number of people using sustainable travel methods, not only will the air quality be improved, but the overall CO2 emissions from spectators will be reduced greatly. We live in Thame, so the easiest way for my fiance to get to the site would be the 280 bus to Haddenham & Thame Parkway, and then straight through to Oxford Parkway. Easy peasy, no fuel, to traffic, no pollution, no disruption.

I hope the council agree to lease the land to OUFC. It is clear that the football club means so much to so many across the county. To let this 125+ year institution die by refusing to let them build a long term sustainable home would be criminal. As far as the council are concerned, all of their criteria have been fully addressed so there is no excuse for delaying or stopping this development from going ahead.

One day I want my children to attend matches with my soon to be husband, and it would be a dream come true if it could be at the triangle.
 
OUFCwaffle said:
Missus's response to the survey below...


Although I myself am not a football supporter, my fiance attends OUFC matches very regularly. Football is an escape for him in his very busy life, and allows him to let out his emotions in a safe and friendly environment cheering on his beloved yellows. For him, the idea of OUFC being homeless is deeply distressing as the club means so much to him.

From a young age OUFC has been a big part of his life, being given free tickets on many occasions to watch matches alongside his youth team Chesterton Terriers, as well as having the opportunity to do training sessions at the club's training ground. A perfect way to introduce young people to sports and get them out of the house to do something good with their time.

The triangle site offers the perfect solution to saving the county's only professional sports club, whilst also being at the heart of the community being easily accessible for everyone across the county.

OUFC have conducted themselves impeccable in the process of moving to the triangle and have addressed all of the councils criteria extremely well. As I have detailed below...

1) The green barrier will not only be maintained, but enhanced through the new green space to be positioned at the North of the site. Combined with the inclusion of 'Green Roofs', biodiversity will be increased from what it is presently.

2) The proposals show improvements to cycle and pedestrian routes around the area, allowing easier access to Stratfield Brake nature reserve from Oxford direction, as a new crossing will go over frieze way.

3) The club are eager to take over the maintenance and development of Stratfield Brake sports ground, which will enhance facilities for local sports clubs whilst also reducing the substantial footfall for the local parish council that currently lease the land (circa 100k to 200k).

4) Again, the improvement of pedestrian and cycle routes will allow for easy access to the site via sustainable methods. Being situated on 2 bus routes and a main line rail station, sustainable public transport access could not be better for any site in the county.

5) The new site will inevitably be larger and more advanced the the current stadium, opening up hundreds of employment opportunities for the local community.

6) The onsite fitness and community centre will be a massive benefit to the local community and in addition to the potential improvements to Stratfield Brake, and the addition of new sports fields to the north- east, will allow people across the county better access to sport, helping improve the physical and mental health of many.

7) The environmental benefits of the club moving to the triangle are without question. Currently thousands of fans, my fiance included spend anywhere up to 1 hour waiting in traffic to exit the kassam stadium car park. This results in thousands of hours worth's of idling engines every week, polluting the air. By increasing the number of people using sustainable travel methods, not only will the air quality be improved, but the overall CO2 emissions from spectators will be reduced greatly. We live in Thame, so the easiest way for my fiance to get to the site would be the 280 bus to Haddenham & Thame Parkway, and then straight through to Oxford Parkway. Easy peasy, no fuel, to traffic, no pollution, no disruption.

I hope the council agree to lease the land to OUFC. It is clear that the football club means so much to so many across the county. To let this 125+ year institution die by refusing to let them build a long term sustainable home would be criminal. As far as the council are concerned, all of their criteria have been fully addressed so there is no excuse for delaying or stopping this development from going ahead.

One day I want my children to attend matches with my soon to be husband, and it would be a dream come true if it could be at the triangle.
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She's a keeper!!
 
The situation between Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford United, does not require detailed analysis of the site as this will be part of the planning process. The responsibility of planning is with Cherwell District Council therefore a set of detailed plans will be submitted by the club as and when they reach agreement to purchase or lease the Triangle. The link below will give you an idea of how detailed these plans will be regarding everything that Victoria Campbell is moaning about. Just take a look at the section headed “Supporting Docs” and you will get a great insight into what the club will have to submit in their planning application

Planning application: 23/01233/OUT - Planning register | Planning register | Cherwell District Council

Planning register content
planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk
 
Scrongo said:
A big push on the biodiversity froView attachment 14142
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The biodiversity info they have recently posted is interesting. Although from an "independent" specialist the comments have an FOSB flavour. Not least the comments on SSSIs where they state:
  • The site is situated within a number of SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) Impact Risk Zones, which are used to ‘to assess planning applications for likely impacts on SSSIs/SACs/SPAs & Ramsar sites (England)’. In particular the south west corner of the site is situated within a zone associated with Pixey and Yarnton Meads SSSI (which is also designated as Oxford Meadows Special Area of Conservation SAC).
The impact of any work will of course need to mitigate risk to SSSIs, but the Pixey and Yarnton Meads area is south of the A40, and if you look at the SSSIs on a map the Triangle is well placed AWAY from SSSIs, making it a good potential site.

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OUSP Secretary said:
The biodiversity info they have recently posted is interesting. Although from an "independent" specialist the comments have an FOSB flavour. Not least the comments on SSSIs where they state:
  • The site is situated within a number of SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) Impact Risk Zones, which are used to ‘to assess planning applications for likely impacts on SSSIs/SACs/SPAs & Ramsar sites (England)’. In particular the south west corner of the site is situated within a zone associated with Pixey and Yarnton Meads SSSI (which is also designated as Oxford Meadows Special Area of Conservation SAC).
The impact of any work will of course need to mitigate risk to SSSIs, but the Pixey and Yarnton Meads area is south of the A40, and if you look at the SSSIs on a map the Triangle is well placed AWAY from SSSIs, making it a good potential site.

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More info here

List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire - Wikipedia

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Scrongo said:
A big push on the biodiversity from Vicky & coView attachment 14138View attachment 14139View attachment 14140View attachment 14141View attachment 14142View attachment 14143View attachment 14144View attachment 14145
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Didn't the information put out by the club mention that the woodland was assessed by the Woodland Trust, and was found to have some issues? I think it also mentioned that discussions between the club and the WT had taken place about how to improve this?
 
SupporttheTriangle said:
Sorry, but wasn’t it Oxfordshire C C that proposed the Triangle as the preferred location? United’s preferred location was Stratfield Brake.
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N M..... Pointed to the land over road from SB.... He said" how about that land over there" (triangle..) ... OCC said "good idea"...... That's from the horses mouth at the exhibition.
 
OUSP Secretary said:
The biodiversity info they have recently posted is interesting. Although from an "independent" specialist the comments have an FOSB flavour. Not least the comments on SSSIs where they state:
  • The site is situated within a number of SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) Impact Risk Zones, which are used to ‘to assess planning applications for likely impacts on SSSIs/SACs/SPAs & Ramsar sites (England)’. In particular the south west corner of the site is situated within a zone associated with Pixey and Yarnton Meads SSSI (which is also designated as Oxford Meadows Special Area of Conservation SAC).
The impact of any work will of course need to mitigate risk to SSSIs, but the Pixey and Yarnton Meads area is south of the A40, and if you look at the SSSIs on a map the Triangle is well placed AWAY from SSSIs, making it a good potential site.

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I had a good look at this stuff months ago when Tackley Steve asserted that SB was on a SSSI, and there are no SSSIs nearby at all. The Pixey one is the thames floodplain for example. So either this BBOWT person knows something that is not in the publically available documents, or their report is not worth the electrons it was typed with.
 
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