OCC Collaboration Agreement fails local residents & sports groups

 

Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) recently published the Collaboration Agreement that it has agreed with Oxford United (OUFC). OCC’s announcement stated: “The community Collaboration Agreement ensures the club meets its commitments against the council’s Strategic Priorities and to the local community and sports groups in both the short and long term.

 

This is our response:

  • OCC’s announcement is disingenuous and misleading. The Collaboration Agreement is in fact not fit for purpose and provides no effective assurances on anything at all
  • OCC has betrayed the local communities in Kidlington, North Oxford and the wider area
  • Subtle wording changes have completely changed the outcome on key areas such as road closures, parking, community facilities, and more
  • The Collaboration Agreement: contains no sanctions for OUFC if it fails to comply; allows obligations to be changed; and even allows for termination of the agreement
  • OCC’s main priority seems to be reducing its future input
  • We are at a loss to understand why County Councillor Dan Levy has agreed to this. By doing so he has failed us all
 

 

 

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