26 July 2025
The planning decision has been delayed until Thursday 14 August. Meanwhile, our opposition to the stadium continues, helped by Cherwell District Council’s report which concluded that the Triangle is Green Belt and not grey belt as asserted by OUFC.
26 July 2025
As you may have seen, following Natural England’s decision to designate the woodland which borders the Triangle as ‘ancient’, they then did an abrupt U-turn and decided that it wasn’t.
Despite what you may read on social media pages and in local press, we (and others) remain unconvinced...
22 July 2025
Dr Webb has recently updated her survey of the section of woodland which borders the Triangle. This meticulous and evidence-based work provides further strong evidence that Natural England's recent designation of this site as Ancient Woodland was correct. Dr Webb is well-known as an experienced local ecologist however, her full credentials and experience are less widely appreciated...
20 July 2025
Despite the imminent stadium planning decision date of 31 July, Natural England has now confirmed that the woodland which borders the Triangle should be categorised as ‘Ancient Woodland’. Ancient Woodland has a specific meaning for planning purposes: it is considered to be ‘an irreplaceable habitat’ and detailed Government guidance directs that planning permission should be refused...
20 July 2025
We are pleased to report that Cherwell District Council's Planning Policy Team sought an independent opinion from LUC on the contribution of the Green Belt in the Kidlington Gap to the Green Belt purposes. LUC’s view is that "...the site [i.e. the Triangle] makes a strong contribution to Green Belt purposes...
11 July 2025
In June, Cherwell District Council posted an update on the planning portal (dated 23 June 2025) stating: "It is anticipated that the application will be presented for consideration at the Planning Committee meeting taking place on 31 July 2025."
23 May 2025
It seems likely that the stadium planning application will be determined by Cherwell District Council on 3rd July 2025. The application still has major weaknesses which we believe will prevent Cherwell's officers from recommending that it be approved. In a recent helpful development the Woodland Trust has asked Cherwell to to take a precautionary approach so that no planning decision is made until Natural England has provided a judgement on whether the woodland adjacent to the site is Ancient...
15 April 2025
Huge thanks to those of you who have already responded to the current consultation! BUT we need more comments PLEASE to help us to expose Oxford United’s disingenuous claim that it can’t stay at the Kassam Stadium. Oxford United has provided no evidence to back up its claims. Due to your, and our, combined efforts Cherwell District Council has highlighted this as an area of inconsistency in the planning application. It is important that we press this point home to Cherwell and expose the...
16 March 2025
Oxford United’s recent reporting of its financial results for the year ending 30 June 2024 was another example of the club putting an extraordinarily positive spin on a dire situation as it posted a record loss of nearly £16m. The club stated it has ‘reviewed the accounting treatment’ of the new stadium development costs of £1.6m in the 2023 accounts and £5.1m in the 2024 accounts. BUT, what the club fails to mention is the part that FoSB has played in this decision. In April 2024 we...
16 March 2025
One of the many details missing from Oxford United's stadium proposal is the cost that will be imposed on local residents who will have to pay for parking permits....